MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	237% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201030
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 16:20
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 73.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 591 8-Core 1,006 97% 798 Pts	64-Core 1,395 86% 1,395 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 91.1 Reflection 90 Parallax 83.3 74% 88.1 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 78.9 Splatting 70.9 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 274 270 270 271 271 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,069 Write 1,262 Mixed 686 SusWrite 324 239% 1,085 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 69.4 272% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,259 DQ Write 1,082 DQ Mixed 709 657% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
Asmt 2115 128GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 35GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 206 206 202 207 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 313 Write 218 Mixed 197 SusWrite 201 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 23.1 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 47.9 63% 114 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 321 115 115 115 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 463 Write 405 Mixed 346 SusWrite 186 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 17.5 101% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 29.1 84% 176 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 86%
Ocz-agility2 3.5 180GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 159GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 76 76 74 80 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 152 Write 126 Mixed 128 SusWrite 76.6 27% 121 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 30.6 118% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 103 81% 113 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1.5TB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2403 2313 2484 2458 2421 2311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	343% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 2424 Mixed 1,446 SusWrite 2,398 432% 1,900 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 80 285% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,212 DQ Write 1291 DQ Mixed 1,343 985% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 343% Great: 368%
WD Game Drive 5TB 2,065 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2TB free, PID 262f Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 95 94 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 120 Write 88.5 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 94.6 125% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 113% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE1 4x8GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 31.3 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 31 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,406x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,362x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,045x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	921x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	870x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	796x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	519x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	373x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	308x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	311x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $46Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16