MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.7% 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	219% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210622
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 16:09
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 74.5 1-Core 152 2-Core 306 94% 178 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 914 94% 758 Pts	64-Core 1,146 71% 1,146 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 1636) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 20.45.20 Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 18.1 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 26.4 15% 19.8 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 22.5 Splatting 21.3 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$54 5,987 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1149 1174 508 151 147 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 1,170 Mixed 1,269 SusWrite 543 256% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 76.2 256% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 976 DQ Mixed 812 646% 897 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 239%
Emtec X150 480GB 1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 447GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 467 214 109 108 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 423 Mixed 374 SusWrite 244 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 43.1 163% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 223 194% 287 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 99%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 186 181 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 183 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 181 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2666 C19 1x16GB 2,199 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	47.9% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 5: 0R 1G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	23%	13	49	6	60	27"	1920 1080	ACR0300 G276HL

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	252x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	221x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	262x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	164x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	127x

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	71x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16