MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	84.1% 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	210% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	13.7 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 15 '21 at 19:47
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 91.6 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 617 8-Core 1137 105% 877 Pts	64-Core 1,496 93% 1,496 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 103% 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: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 123 Parallax 180 88% 137 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 111 Splatting 78.1 77% 96.5 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS3030 250GB SSD 8,682 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS303121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 303 303 304 303 301 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,828 Write 999 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 411 239% 1,079 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 59.8 242% 92.6 MB/s	DQ Read 715 DQ Write 998 DQ Mixed 471 464% 728 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 214%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 480GB 7,893 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 638GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 727 277 295 294 295 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$77 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 677GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2062 1742 1744 1745 1748 1751 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 2,246 Mixed 1,864 SusWrite 1,799 447% 1,982 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 79.3 280% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,418 DQ Write 1,252 DQ Mixed 1,353 1,010% 1,341 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 347%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 320 322 318 318 328 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: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 36.2 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 40.5 50% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.1% 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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 35.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 38.4 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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 $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,423x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,368x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,048x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	925x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	873x
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	375x
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	622x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	312x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	279x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $753

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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