MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	86.9% 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	285% 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 17:39
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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 (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 88.4 1-Core 158 2-Core 312 101% 186 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,102 102% 851 Pts	64-Core 1,487 92% 1,487 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 126 Parallax 185 91% 141 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 114 Splatting 80.4 80% 99.3 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$57 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: 32B3T8EB Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 476 473 477 483 485 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,773 Write 1,984 Mixed 1,580 SusWrite 536 381% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 91 309% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 844 DQ Mixed 540 536% 866 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 311%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 225GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2070 1740 1737 1746 1748 1753 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	334% Outstanding	Read 2,011 Write 2,303 Mixed 1,869 SusWrite 1,799 450% 1,995 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 78.8 275% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,403 DQ Write 1,255 DQ Mixed 1,321 993% 1,327 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 334% Great: 347%
Kioxia-exceria SATA SSD 480GB 7,893 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 774GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 821 667 292 644 333 306 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 360 354 361 348 330 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% 340GB free, PID 0c15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 36.9 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 40.4 52% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% 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	92% Outstanding	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 35.8 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 39.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92% 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 $86Bench 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