MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.5% 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	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200831
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 19:52
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 254 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 791 78% 638 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 94.1 74% 98.1 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 93 Splatting 96.9 78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 463 269 230 229 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 478 Mixed 388 SusWrite 312 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.5 152% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 286 214% 284 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 111 112 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 94.2 SusWrite 110 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 767GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 163 158 167 163 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 145 Mixed 105 SusWrite 162 108% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 32.8 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 31 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 103%

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

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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 $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,375x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,039x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	916x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	856x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	787x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	515x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	372x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	308x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	618x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	309x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $671

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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