MSI B550M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	176% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7C96
Motherboard	MSI B550M-A PRO (MS-7C96) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '22 at 18:56
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 5500-$99 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 270 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 787 82% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,004 62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 107 Parallax 107 91% 108 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 92 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 680GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 426 433 523 523 493 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,692 Write 234 Mixed 716 SusWrite 469 170% 778 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 24.4 119% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,206 DQ Write 792 DQ Mixed 842 671% 947 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 300%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 30.4 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 27.4 SC Write 32.7 SC Mixed 28.7 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 110%

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

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Typical B550M-A PRO (MS-7C96) Builds (Compare 954 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 99%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 24%

Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI B550M-A PRO (MS-7C96)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	274x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $128Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	166x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	153x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	115x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	103x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	64x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $66Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	36x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	34x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	21x

RAM
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	50x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	35x
CMH16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 90%, 7,651 samples	31x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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