MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7B38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B38
Motherboard	MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7B38) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170628
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 21:30
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 74.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 204 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 632 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 95.8 Parallax 87.1 84% 95.2 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 80.2 77% 96.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 33 52 53 63 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 137 Write 118 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 51 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 109%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 12.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 6.7 9% 7.97 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 29.6 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 20.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: MSI A320M PRO-VD PLUS (MS-7B38)

CPU
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $104Bench 60%, 181,631 samples	49x
Ryzen 3 1200AMD $100Bench 57%, 83,528 samples	41x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	49x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	25x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	22x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	6x
HyperX 2666 C16 1x8GBKingstonBench 44%, 32,519 samples	6x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $233

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16