MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	143% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 19:27
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE Graphics 1,241 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 72.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 269 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 702 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU) 162,082 User benchmarks, average bench 13% AMD(1002 1636) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.30.15.01 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Lighting 17 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 23.2 14% 19.8 fps	MRender 13 Gravity 17.5 Splatting 19.3 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNVS1000GB 1TB 6,196 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 734GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8442101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 741 398 461 181 302 874 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 1,305 Write 1198 Mixed 901 SusWrite 493 218% 974 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 23.1 139% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 416 316% 436 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 214 216 220 219 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 155 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 216 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata 2x8GB 24,552 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 29.2 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 17: 2R 2G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
17%	10%	48	6	3	60	23.5"	1280 720	PHLC0C0 Philips 247E4

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 93%

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Workstation 23%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	347x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	251x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $99Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	215x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	259x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	162x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	125x

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	67x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	57x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $125

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