MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7891
MotherboardMSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)  (all builds)
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160727
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateJan 22 '17 at 23:49
Run Duration95 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A6-6400K APU-$81
P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
35.8% Below average
Memory 60.6
1-Core 52.1
2-Core 76.4
41% 63 Pts
4-Core 64.5
8-Core 78.6
9% 71.6 Pts
64-Core 71.8
4% 71.8 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 35.8%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8470D
MSI(1462 7891) 768MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
3.22% Terrible
Lighting 3.93
Reflection 4.27
Parallax 3.53
3% 3.91 fps
MRender 4.05
Gravity 3.03
Splatting 4.61
3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 3.22%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30
852GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Read 170
Write 166
Mixed 150
122% 162 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.26
4K Mixed 0.2
59% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
23.8% Poor
MC Read 10.2
MC Write 5.4
MC Mixed 8.2
23% 7.93 GB/s
SC Read 6.5
SC Write 6.6
SC Mixed 9.1
21% 7.4 GB/s
Latency 126
32% 126 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 23.8%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) Builds (Compare 171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

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