MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	281% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '21 at 05:17
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 80.8 1-Core 160 2-Core 321 100% 187 Pts	4-Core 628 8-Core 925 97% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74% Very good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 92 Parallax 84.7 76% 89.8 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 74.4 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP500CM30001 500GB 3,097 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: STPSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2335 2351 1193 756 755 757 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1557 Write 2,135 Mixed 1666 SusWrite 1,358 380% 1,679 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 71 244% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,419 DQ Write 1,288 DQ Mixed 1,435 1,054% 1381 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 281%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.5% Very good	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 29.5 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 29.2 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 79.1 51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 110%

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

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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 $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,426x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,370x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $81Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,049x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	925x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	874x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	798x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	521x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $88Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	377x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	308x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	623x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	312x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	279x

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Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $750

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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