MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.6% 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	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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C56
Motherboard	MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200831
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '20 at 12:08
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Memory 86.2 1-Core 152 2-Core 296 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 1,072 100% 832 Pts	64-Core 1,419 88% 1,419 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% PNY(196E 1348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 85.8 Parallax 87.9 77% 89.5 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 73.8 72% 91 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 311 312 311 309 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,737 Write 1,497 Mixed 690 SusWrite 485 245% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 66.6 252% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 1109 DQ Mixed 700 654% 1,013 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 236%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 50GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 83 70 70 51 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 428 Write 413 Mixed 359 SusWrite 117 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 18.3 104% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 29 82% 172 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 86%
Ocz-agility2 3.5 180GB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 42GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 67 70 63 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 118 SusWrite 66.5 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 64.8 4K Mixed 31.9 117% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 101 79% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 52%
Sabrent Rocket Q 2TB 9,415 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 1.5TB free Firmware: RKT30Q.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2531 2557 2553 2557 2540 2551 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	358% Outstanding	Read 1,478 Write 2,407 Mixed 1516 SusWrite 2,548 452% 1,987 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 193 4K Mixed 84.1 288% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,126 DQ Write 1,328 DQ Mixed 1,369 992% 1,274 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 358% Great: 368%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 179GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 64 62 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 48.2 Write 50 Mixed 37.2 SusWrite 63.2 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 43%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free Firmware: 27.08D27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 0 0 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 67.1 Write 70.6 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 0.2 33% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 206% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 39%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 162GB free Firmware: V5COA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 47 46 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 40.6 Write 38.3 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 46.9 28% 38.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE1 2x8GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84% Excellent	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 33.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 34.8 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 114%

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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	3,379x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,351x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,039x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	916x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	857x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	787x

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	372x
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	619x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	308x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 89%, 87,344 samples	277x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $684

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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