MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	313% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 22:24
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 110 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 766 70% 588 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 84.7 Parallax 78.2 78% 86.1 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 73.9 60% 73.7 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1219 1220 1252 1283 1272 1274 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,477 Write 1,522 Mixed 1,454 SusWrite 1,253 374% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 84.2 275% 95.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,241 DQ Write 1,081 DQ Mixed 1,160 870% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 410%
Samsung 870 QVO 4TB-$279 10,028 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 486 487 489 490 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 492 Mixed 441 SusWrite 487 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.4 194% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 542GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 1363 1364 1182 1148 1148 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 57GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 34 19 18 19 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 159 Write 33.3 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 26.7 71% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.9 71% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 346,786 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 34.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 32.6 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 110%

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,384x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,353x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,042x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	916x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	862x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	790x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	517x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	309x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $693

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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