MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B86
Motherboard	MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20231023
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '23 at 01:24
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 67 1-Core 140 2-Core 282 86% 163 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 818 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,055 65% 1,055 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 88.2 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 81.8 72% 86.4 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 76.7 Splatting 71.4 69% 86.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 172 174 163 184 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 181 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 168 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
PNY USB 3.2.1 FD 32GB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 24GB free, PID 1006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 10 11 12 12 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Read 27.3 Write 1 Mixed 2 SusWrite 11.2 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$62 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 27.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 24.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69% 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: 0P 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%	10	219	60	60	23.8"	1280 720	ACR08CB KB242Y

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 (MS-7B86)

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $133Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	240x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $170Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	107x
Ryzen 5 5600AMD $129Bench 93%, 9,841 samples	86x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	127x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	48x
RTX 3070Nvidia $495Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	38x

SSD
CT1000P3SSD8 1TBBench 268%, 44,174 samples	36x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	33x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $38Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	70x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 90%, 101,975 samples	42x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	37x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $441

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Intel Core i5-12600K $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $406