MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	217% 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 (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '21 at 17:12
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 69 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 762 70% 586 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 3767) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (142 fps cap detected)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 142 114% 141 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 142 Splatting 138 115% 141 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 601GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 998 124 621 462 469 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,732 Write 1,602 Mixed 1,309 SusWrite 477 286% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 85.7 278% 97.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 122 241% 508 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 311%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 169 175 193 198 204 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 120 Write 146 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 188 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$35 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 27 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 17.3 SC Mixed 23.5 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	3,425x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,370x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,049x

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 $103Bench 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: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $763

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