MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900)

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.74% 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	74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7900
Motherboard	MSI A88X-G45 GAMING (MS-7900) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '16 at 03:24
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka) 15,487 User benchmarks, average bench 44% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 128 52% 88.4 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 219 30% 220 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PNY(196E 089C) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 9.28 9% 10.9 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 14.6 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 9%
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 7900) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.352.1019.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	3% Terrible	Lighting 3.3 Reflection 5.92 Parallax 8.41 3% 5.88 fps	MRender 2.33 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 3.96 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: U210 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 104 100 872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A6) Unknown 100 100 72 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 123 (A9) Unknown 100 100 39 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 105 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 100 219043332140 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23565 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3562 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2448	74.7% Very good	Read 450 Write 395 Mixed 417 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 4.9 88% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 30.6 66% 135 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 500GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 462GB free Firmware: JA6O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 177 177 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 9699 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2022 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 47668 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979478558 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.2% Average	Read 80.1 Write 91.3 Mixed 69.6 60% 80.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 47%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 307GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 222045136 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 534371 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2688 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 536 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 85899345954 (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 -135377369168939 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2059524825 (F2) Unknown 100 253 395656475	74% Very good	Read 131 Write 125 Mixed 121 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.86 230% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 134GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 83767976 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 958 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4004536 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606273572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4456 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 73014444068 (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 111304077476082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3969001052 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10988665336	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 187 Mixed 176 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.5% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 6.7 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 85%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $37Bench 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 $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 $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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