MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A36
Motherboard	MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '19 at 19:23
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 682 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 195 Parallax 189 153% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 190 Splatting 127 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 88 140 138 133 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 138 Write 116 Mixed 32 SusWrite 124 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 103%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 271GB free Firmware: JE4OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 47 49 48 48 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 63.8 Write 64.5 Mixed 38 SusWrite 47.8 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 31,969 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (90^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 57%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36)

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	125x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	60x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $100Bench 57%, 83,528 samples	59x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	109x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	50x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 85,536 samples	34x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	36x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	12x

RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	11x

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Total price: $192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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