Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.6% 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 Drive242% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200513
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 10 '20 at 10:30
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 68.7
1-Core 151
2-Core 279
89% 166 Pts
4-Core 520
8-Core 838
83% 679 Pts
64-Core 1,068
66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Asus Radeon RX 5700
Asus(1043 057D) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.6% Outstanding
Lighting 114
Reflection 95.5
Parallax 201
93% 137 fps
MRender 95.8
Gravity 107
Splatting 133
94% 112 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 93.6%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend TS256GMTE220S 256GB
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42B4S8JA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 279 266 268 267 263 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
242% Outstanding
Read 2,614
Write 1,089
Mixed 1,206
SusWrite 281
285% 1,298 MB/s
4K Read 57.6
4K Write 184
4K Mixed 83.5
292% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 749
DQ Write 600
DQ Mixed 450
398% 599 MB/s
Poor: 128%
This bench: 242%
Great: 279%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200
1TB free
Firmware: RVQ02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 126 128 126 123 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
63.1% Good
Read 395
Write 135
Mixed 136
SusWrite 128
44% 198 MB/s
4K Read 15.9
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 20.9
103% 44.9 MB/s
DQ Read 269
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 141
120% 180 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 63.1%
Great: 122%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65
635GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 121 120 121 120 121 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 109
Write 120
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 120
80% 109 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.2% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 25.7
68% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.4
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 21.5
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,327 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $541
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