MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	228% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '21 at 15:48
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 73.4 1-Core 148 2-Core 281 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 817 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,029 64% 1,029 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 150 Parallax 149 131% 153 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 129 Splatting 118 114% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 85GB free Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 86 99 58 26 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 496 Write 410 Mixed 381 SusWrite 85.9 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.2 123% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 34.5 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 71%
Micron Crucial X6 SSD 4TB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: PMAP SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 412 413 418 420 419 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 365 Write 419 Mixed 383 SusWrite 415 90% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 38.2 133% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 144 121% 171 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 95%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 830GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1681 1718 956 45 959 362 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,214 Write 1,696 Mixed 1,258 SusWrite 953 290% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 76.6 272% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 715 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 881 655% 855 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 299%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 161 164 164 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 144 Mixed 96.6 SusWrite 161 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 925GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 120 122 126 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 118 Write 79.6 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 121 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 30.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 29.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 93.8 43% 93.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 115%

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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 $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,396x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,359x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,042x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	918x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	867x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	793x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	519x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	373x
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 $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	310x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $755

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16