MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 18 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 11 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '23 at 10:18
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 5500-$80 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 302 93% 176 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 806 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 959 59% 959 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1536) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 531.79 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.2% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 69.6 78% 83.5 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 56.6 70% 91.3 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 480GB 279 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: V0718B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 23 31 32 32 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 4.7 Write 358 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 34.7 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 16.4 65% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 5.5 58% 131 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA266.M4FE 2x8GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 24.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 97.7 41% 97.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 80%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	352x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	253x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	225x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	262x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	165x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	127x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	49x
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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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