MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	73.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 21:55
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$185 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 177 2-Core 354 111% 208 Pts	4-Core 690 8-Core 1,152 112% 921 Pts	64-Core 1,615 100% 1,615 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Lighting 92 Reflection 91.6 Parallax 85.1 75% 89.6 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 81.7 Splatting 72.8 71% 89.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 421 421 422 422 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,591 Write 1,674 Mixed 1,305 SusWrite 487 283% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 82.5 299% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,244 DQ Write 1,047 DQ Mixed 986 782% 1,092 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 237%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 106 106 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 102 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 104 62% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KF3600C17D4/8GX 4x8GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 38.4 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 33.2 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 37.9 93% 32.7 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 126%

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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 $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,381x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,040x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	916x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	859x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	789x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	516x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	619x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	309x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $689

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16