MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.68% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 21:43
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-5400B APU 1,193 User benchmarks, average bench 41% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 100 53% 82.5 Pts	4-Core 99.9 8-Core 99.7 13% 99.8 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7540D 4,337 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7721) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	2.68% Terrible	Lighting 3.5 Reflection 3.73 Parallax 3.38 3% 3.54 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 2.9 Splatting 3.13 2% 2.8 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.68% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 160 100 160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (A5) Unknown 100 100 141763346785 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 13 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 41 176095035426 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1391586181444 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 274 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1562 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1656 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1874 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76% Very good	Read 483 Write 315 Mixed 297 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 16.7 101% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 46.9 71% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 93%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 110GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 111 189% 154 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 4.82 569% 8.78 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 11.1 DQ Mixed 5.11 598% 9.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 123%
411 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 13 Write 6.03 Mixed 7.46 10% 8.82 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.26 32% 2.05 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16G-D3-1600-MR 1x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.2% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 4.1 MC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 35%

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Typical A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 1,079 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Speed boat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	143x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	88x
A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $175Bench 43%, 12,658 samples	78x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	135x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	95x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	54x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	17x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBHyperX $35Bench 51%, 38,490 samples	32x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 29,968 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16