MSI B550-A PRO (MS-7C56)

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	127% 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	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200831
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '21 at 19:55
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 74.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 292 91% 171 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 844 86% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2957) CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Lighting 37 Reflection 40.8 Parallax 36.9 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 35.2 Gravity 34.8 Splatting 31.1 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 615GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 470 475 483 487 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 481 Mixed 466 SusWrite 462 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.9 198% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 370 279% 372 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 450GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 198 207 204 207 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 51.1 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 198 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 12,012 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 29.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	41.9"	1280 701	VIZ1027 D40f-G9

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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