MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	63.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150420
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 19:13
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 70.6 1-Core 68 2-Core 141 55% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 234 8-Core 235 31% 235 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Lighting 81 Reflection 78 Parallax 68.1 66% 75.7 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 71.4 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 121392956558157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 900 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 900 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 373756 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 24 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 373756 (F2) Unknown 100 100 123452 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7980	58.5% Above average	Read 460 Write 199 Mixed 274 68% 311 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 10.8 89% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 94.1 DQ Mixed 10.3 23% 44.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 92 (03) Spinup time 123 123 42982703609 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 443 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 443 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167504969756 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 130 Mixed 111 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.36 108% 1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 871GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171398112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 264340421 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1347 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 61 638779418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31447 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72623601997691 (F1) Unknown 100 253 43805617924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 405053393764	94.7% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 196 Mixed 137 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.41 169% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 13.1 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.3 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 62%

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Typical A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) Builds (Compare 110 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

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Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) - $119

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	31x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	18x
A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 46%, 9,821 samples	11x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	13x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	9x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	7x

SSD
S280 480GBKingdianBench 84%, 2,297 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 7,106 samples	6x
F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GBUnknownBench 51%, 517 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	3x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16