MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '21 at 04:46
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 5800X-$159 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 176 2-Core 349 111% 206 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,125 106% 880 Pts	64-Core 1,619 100% 1,619 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$235 428,800 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)	74.2% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 85.8 76% 90.3 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 81 Splatting 74.1 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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: 731 486 422 418 419 419 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 1,618 Mixed 1,265 SusWrite 483 277% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 206 4K Mixed 82 295% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 1049 DQ Mixed 985 781% 1,091 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 237%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 106 103 106 105 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.6 Mixed 37.1 SusWrite 104 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.8% 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 (49^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 38.6 104% 36.5 GB/s	SC Read 33.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 37 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% 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%

UFO

Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,405x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $159Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,362x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,045x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	921x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	870x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	796x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	519x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	311x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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