MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.6% 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	188% 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 20:15
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 85.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 99% 183 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 964 94% 770 Pts	64-Core 1,485 92% 1,485 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3811) Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 123 Parallax 192 93% 143 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 111 Splatting 76.9 77% 96 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 308 313 270 258 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1719 Write 730 Mixed 765 SusWrite 288 192% 876 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 48.8 221% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 714 565% 777 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 214%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 480GB 7,893 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 638GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 827 568 301 542 423 299 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 931GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2051 1739 1744 1743 1751 1755 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,028 Write 2,268 Mixed 1,847 SusWrite 1,797 448% 1,985 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 79.7 278% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1468 DQ Write 1,291 DQ Mixed 1352 1,021% 1,370 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 310 313 320 317 318 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MBB 500GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 430GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 34.4 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 40.3 50% 36.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,218 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 37.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 38.1 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 118%

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 130%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,414x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,366x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,046x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	922x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	871x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	798x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	521x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	374x
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	620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	311x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	278x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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