MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '20 at 14:42
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 159 59% 102 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 848 78% 652 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3793) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Lighting 97.1 Reflection 92.1 Parallax 80.3 79% 89.8 fps	MRender 66.2 Gravity 83 Splatting 74 61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer AS340 240GB 10,970 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: APBB3PE0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 417 431 440 441 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 420 Mixed 369 SusWrite 410 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 37.5 135% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 202 175% 255 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.C4FE 1x8GB 331 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 16.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 53%

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

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 23%

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Motherboard: MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	348x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	251x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $99Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	218x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	260x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	164x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	126x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	47x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	47x
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	40x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	92x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	68x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	57x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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