MSI B550AM Gaming

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	MSI B550AM Gaming (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 14:56
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 75.7 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 1,153 103% 870 Pts	64-Core 1,475 91% 1,475 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 120 Parallax 249 121% 173 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 142 Splatting 167 119% 142 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$50 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF220400 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 459 Write 383 Mixed 151 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 16.5 74% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 7.6 15% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 203 205 204 204 202 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 169 Mixed 76.1 SusWrite 200 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 74,390 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.4% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 27.6 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 27.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 88.9 45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 103%

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Typical B550AM Gaming Builds (Compare 116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 107%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI B550AM Gaming

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	44x
Ryzen 7 3800XAMD $295Bench 87%, 141,122 samples	32x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	28x

GPU
RX 6700-XTAMD $480Bench 122%, 20,231 samples	35x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	22x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	19x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	29x
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	24x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	26x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,404 samples	19x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 6,545 samples	9x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16