MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 46%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.05% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMICRO-STAR MS-7376
MotherboardMSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376)  (all builds)
Memory3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.3 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100621
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateApr 15 '16 at 07:16
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 850
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
50.3% Above average
Memory 68.6
1-Core 48.4
2-Core 97.2
45% 71.4 Pts
4-Core 188
8-Core 182
25% 185 Pts
64-Core 168
10% 168 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5830
Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Relative performance (0th percentile)
7.05% Terrible
Lighting 9.43
Reflection 6.54
Parallax 8.47
8% 8.15 fps
MRender 5.95
Gravity 6.97
Splatting 7.96
6% 6.96 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 7.05%
Great: 14%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
130GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
57.4% Above average
Read 106
Write 94.8
Mixed 70.2
67% 90.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.39
4K Write 0.85
4K Mixed 0.36
72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 57.4%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR2
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
23.4% Poor
MC Read 8.1
MC Write 7
MC Mixed 8.4
22% 7.83 GB/s
SC Read 5.7
SC Write 6.1
SC Mixed 6.2
17% 6 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 23.4%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376) Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI K9A2 Platinum (MS-7376)

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