MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.52% 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	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A36
Motherboard	MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 06:22
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-9600 APU (2016 D.BR) 12,273 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 112 50% 81.5 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 204 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 37,078 User benchmarks, average bench 6% MSI(1462 7A36) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 11.3 7% 10 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 8.53 Splatting 7.65 6% 7.06 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 3439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (A5) Unknown 100 100 197584093388 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 41 253403070514 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 292059807812 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 260 (EA) Unknown 100 100 943 (F1) Unknown 253 253 636 (F2) Unknown 253 253 930 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50% Average	Read 496 Write 227 Mixed 291 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 4.24 52% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 55.4 DQ Mixed 3.62 13% 27.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3A1 1x8GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.9% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 69%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: MSI A320M PRO-VD/S (MS-7A36)

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	125x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	62x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $100Bench 57%, 83,528 samples	60x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	109x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	50x
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)AMDBench 10%, 85,536 samples	34x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	37x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	12x

RAM
1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 25,310 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	11x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $191

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