MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7891
Motherboard	MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 03:51
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-7300 APU 4,362 User benchmarks, average bench 41% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 107 53% 83.9 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 108 14% 107 Pts	64-Core 108 7% 108 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 8470D 8,268 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7891) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1050.0 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.63 Reflection 4 Parallax 3.56 3% 3.73 fps	MRender 2.48 Gravity 3.07 Splatting 3.35 2% 2.96 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 65 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 82172939	72.3% Very good	Read 469 Write 373 Mixed 397 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 19.2 91% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 60.1 DQ Write 99 DQ Mixed 19.3 32% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 124%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 462GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 84 70910534 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 346205043 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1138 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 606011428 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 60129542180 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 53 240777308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.8% Average	Read 74.9 Write 77.6 Mixed 76.2 58% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 2x2GB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.5% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 60%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891) Builds (Compare 171 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM GRENADE (MS-7891)

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	36x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	26x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	17x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	32x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	12x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GBUnknownBench 40%, 1,247 samples	7x
1866 CL10 Series 1866 CL10 Series 16GBUnknownBench 36%, 224 samples	6x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $28

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) $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