MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.68% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '22 at 23:09
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) 31,243 User benchmarks, average bench 42% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 116 51% 83.5 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 188 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 189 12% 189 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7721) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 9.8 6% 8.4 fps	MRender 5.8 Gravity 7 Splatting 7.5 6% 6.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 732GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 122 152 174 182 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 206 Mixed 86.8 SusWrite 153 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-4GBRL F3-1600C9-8GAR 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 14.1 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.4 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 34%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A78M-E45 (MS-7721) - $89

CPU
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	11x
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	9x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	8x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	6x
HD 6870AMDBench 15%, 25,443 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	3x
WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GBWDCBench 93%, 97,462 samples	3x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	3x
Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 50%, 27,024 samples	2x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	2x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16