MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.5% 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	256% 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

23 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210115
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '22 at 21:39
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 73.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 297 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 983 95% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,523 94% 1,523 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 C979) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.5% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 84 Parallax 89.2 85% 92.5 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 73.5 Splatting 66.6 60% 74.3 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 880GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1364 829 831 837 825 825 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 1,573 Write 1,743 Mixed 1,381 SusWrite 918 316% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 79.6 281% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,345 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 1,124 840% 1,127 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 111 158 160 141 118 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 92.6 Write 124 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 140 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 90%
ZALMAN ZM-VE350 256GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 82GB free, PID 3e40 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 134 138 195 189 214 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 166 Mixed 131 SusWrite 165 250% 212 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 19 1,393% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 24 DQ Mixed 19.5 1,564% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 229%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3600 2x16GB 13,134 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 27.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 27.5 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 129%

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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 $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,401x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,361x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,045x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	920x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	868x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	794x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $81Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	620x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	310x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $41Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $728

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16