MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% 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% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 11 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago, 10 days ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 08:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$200 701,242 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 790 82% 645 Pts	64-Core 1,068 72% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$330 993,871 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.9 79% 101 fps	MRender 92.9 Gravity 95.7 Splatting 94.5 77% 94.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 13,410 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 462 259 228 227 227 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 418 Write 470 Mixed 384 SusWrite 310 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.4 152% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 284 212% 282 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$85 172,580 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 112 113 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 89 SusWrite 112 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$38 2,241,769 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 186 187 188 189 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 180 Mixed 116 SusWrite 187 126% 172 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$70 101,528 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 33.3 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.5 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 31.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 103%

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

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Workstation 123%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $200Bench 84%, 701,242 samples	1,194x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $329Bench 87%, 471,942 samples	858x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $374Bench 98%, 37,849 samples	621x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 80,443 samples	606x
RX 5700-XTAMD $400Bench 108%, 301,167 samples	337x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 118%, 387,435 samples	244x

SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $105Bench 239%, 96,530 samples	199x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $138Bench 313%, 220,142 samples	187x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $100Bench 238%, 45,881 samples	187x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $79Bench 86%, 396,183 samples	308x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $95Bench 85%, 182,067 samples	164x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 26,722 samples	151x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $884

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16