MSI B550AM Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	MSI B550AM Gaming (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190911
Uptime	13.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 11:41
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 69.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 86% 163 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 823 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.5.2 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.8% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 89.7 53% 72.5 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 47.1 49% 61 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 42 25 109 0.6 0.8 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 447 Write 377 Mixed 311 SusWrite 85 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 19.4 80% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 44.6 46% 75.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 176 185 186 187 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Read 122 Write 135 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 181 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 114% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 25.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 24.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 107%

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Motherboard: MSI B550AM Gaming

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	44x
Ryzen 7 3800XAMD $295Bench 87%, 141,122 samples	32x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	28x

GPU
RX 6700-XTAMD $480Bench 122%, 20,231 samples	35x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	22x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	19x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	40x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	29x
1TB SSD 1TBLexarBench 184%, 3,679 samples	24x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	26x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GBUnknownBench 79%, 3,404 samples	19x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 1x8GBUnknownBench 46%, 6,545 samples	9x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $759

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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