MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '22 at 18:56
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 209 72% 130 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 631 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 580-$450 15,395 User benchmarks, average bench 23% EVGA(3842 1582) 1.5GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 1012 MHz, Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 48.6 Parallax 10.5 22% 28.7 fps	MRender 43.6 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 30.5 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 24%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Fattydove 480GB 480GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0712B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 49 1.6 1.6 31 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 499 Write 436 Mixed 404 SusWrite 27.4 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 1.1 51% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 20.9 DQ Mixed 1.6 23% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 131%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 197 198 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 151 Mixed 75.1 SusWrite 196 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $123Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	357x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	254x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	231x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	266x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	168x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	127x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	53x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	48x
SNV2S500G 500GBKingstonBench 233%, 18,653 samples	41x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	93x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	72x
Aegis DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 83%, 37,374 samples	57x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $123

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16