MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding SSD
Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	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 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

30 days ago, 30 days ago, 30 days ago, 30 days ago, 30 days ago, 30 days ago, 30 days ago, 29 days ago, 29 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A38
Motherboard	MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '19 at 22:04
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$229 106,273 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.3% Good	SC Int 103 SC Float 111 SC Mixed 106 74% 107 Pts	QC Int 365 QC Float 396 QC Mixed 379 68% 380 Pts	MC Int 845 MC Float 881 MC Mixed 844 58% 857 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 56-$280 25,970 User benchmarks, average bench 111% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB; Powercolor Vega 56 CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 220 Parallax 452 51% 224 fps	MRender 173 Gravity 300 Splatting 279 106% 251 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 126%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$40 12,795 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 21 34 35 43 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 59.5 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 30.8 34% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.3 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 47%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI A320M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $105Bench 70%, 179,967 samples	214x
Ryzen 5 1500XAMD $130Bench 67%, 31,540 samples	119x
Ryzen 3 2200GAMD $79Bench 69%, 58,323 samples	86x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $150Bench 38%, 380,806 samples	125x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $250Bench 70%, 626,291 samples	94x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $170Bench 65%, 260,760 samples	89x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 106%, 446,313 samples	47x
A400 120GBKingston $20Bench 60%, 44,229 samples	44x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $45Bench 54%, 188,499 samples	30x

RAM
BLS8G4D2 1x8GBCrucialBench 44%, 713 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GBCorsairBench 91%, 4,179 samples	21x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 41%, 27,565 samples	14x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 $199	Nvidia GTX 1070 $400	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X $252	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $103
Intel Core i5-9600K $245	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $750	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $97

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $73	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $728	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $78	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12