MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.19% 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	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI A520M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200909
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '24 at 14:58
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 PRO 4350G Graphics 1,863 User benchmarks, average bench 78% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 66 1-Core 137 2-Core 267 83% 157 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 713 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 6.9 6% 9.93 fps	MRender 7.8 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 6.7 6% 6.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256G 256GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: ZD0R3G5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 404 411 412 414 347 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 389 Write 416 Mixed 341 SusWrite 393 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 29.7 98% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 212 164% 217 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 91%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 138GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 126 125 122 122 126 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 76 SusWrite 124 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 104%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 282GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 110 110 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 74 SusWrite 110 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 69%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 625GB free Firmware: SC23 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 155 156 155 156 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 154 Write 153 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 154 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 25 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 86%

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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	67	55	60	15.6"	1280 720	XKX1850 VGA

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Gaming 24%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 23%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	252x
Ryzen 5 5500AMD $80Bench 86%, 3,830 samples	223x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	262x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	165x
RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)AMDBench 13%, 162,082 samples	127x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	48x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	47x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16