MSI FM2-A55M-P33 (MS-7721)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7721
Motherboard	MSI FM2-A55M-P33 (MS-7721) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130502
Uptime	9.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 750K-$45 5,882 User benchmarks, average bench 51% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 67.7 2-Core 132 54% 90 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 192 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 41 Parallax 36.7 36% 40.4 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 33 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6796191 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 2 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 53403623359986 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 37 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 35 68721770528 (C2) HDA temperature 32 35 68721770528 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6796191 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6796191 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6796191 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 790 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1547 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1547 (F2) Unknown 0 0 312	41.6% Average	Read 251 Write 68.5 Mixed 111 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 16.3 80% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.7 DQ Write 66.6 DQ Mixed 25.7 33% 60.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 283GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 264 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 21859230021 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13001 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2853 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 521273375 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 51539607583 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 34 264 (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 106828721566397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1565538743 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1505113434	52.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 80.8 Mixed 77.2 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 6.12 4K Mixed 0.5 186% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30% Poor	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 10.8 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 62%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: MSI FM2-A55M-P33 (MS-7721)

CPU
Athlon II X4 760K (2013 D.Ri)AMD $59Bench 51%, 6,408 samples	6x
A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)AMD $467Bench 51%, 11,295 samples	3x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 7480DAMDBench 2%, 8,289 samples	2x
GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE)NvidiaBench 19%, 2,165 samples	2x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	1x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x
Burst Elite 120GBPatriotBench 67%, 1,599 samples	2x
Fury 120GBHyperX $160Bench 64%, 11,403 samples	1x

RAM
KRE-D3U1600M/4G 1x4GBUnknownBench 29%, 51 samples	2x
99U5471-002.A00LF 2x2GBKingstonBench 39%, 504 samples	2x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

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Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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) $37	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