Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	89.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200828
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '20 at 12:13
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.8 1-Core 148 2-Core 297 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 851 89% 714 Pts	64-Core 1,085 67% 1,085 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 5,957 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 1B84) 3GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 120 121 126 127 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 480 Write 427 Mixed 289 SusWrite 134 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 44.7 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 236 190% 269 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 93%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 34GB free Firmware: CS900BB3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 446 448 441 440 441 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 240 Mixed 388 SusWrite 444 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 43.4 156% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 208 178% 259 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 91%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA330 2TB 7,666 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 396GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 108 110 112 112 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 111 71% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 227GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 140 141 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 146 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 139 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 42.1 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.2 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 40.3 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 122%

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Gaming 124%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 113%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	689x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	471x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	393x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	270x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	267x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	199x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	87x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	93x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	61x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $593

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16