MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	251% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 615 66% 523 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 2462) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.85 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.89 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1242 327 294 296 294 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 1423 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 457 312% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 62.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 80.1 267% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 975 717% 940 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 33.1 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 27.7 85% 29.8 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 91%

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

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	25x
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD $131Bench 66%, 70,038 samples	18x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	14x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	14x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	5x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	4x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $313

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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