MSI A520M PRO-VH (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.67% 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	24.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M PRO-VH (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '24 at 16:53
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 below expectations (8^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 162 2-Core 310 97% 182 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 883 78% 660 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 78% 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) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 23.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.67% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 20.6 Parallax 29.1 0% 16.6 fps	MRender 13.6 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 21.4 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 5.67% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$25 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 42 39 75 44 72 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	24.6% Poor	Read 167 Write 95.8 Mixed 82.9 SusWrite 67.6 23% 103 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 10.6 43% 14.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13.3 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 14 11% 14.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 100%
Adata SU630 960GB 3,578 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 432GB free Firmware: P220214b SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 469 467 471 469 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 72.8 Mixed 96.9 SusWrite 469 47% 209 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 46.6 158% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 281 208% 273 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Adata 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 28.3 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	72	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	74x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	29x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	23x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	55x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	21x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	17x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $15Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $45Bench 166%, 55,360 samples	6x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	12x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	8x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 1x8GBUnknownBench 48%, 3,623 samples	7x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $140

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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