Gigabyte GA-B550 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.8% 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	122% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 GAMING X (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1798 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '20 at 04:11
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.6 1-Core 152 2-Core 298 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 575 8-Core 861 89% 718 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 105 Parallax 91.3 83% 99.2 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 91.8 Splatting 94.4 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 500GB 500GB 6,415 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02K0S6OA SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 397 426 430 429 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 470 Mixed 421 SusWrite 426 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.5 190% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 121 157% 281 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 487 467 481 474 455 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 493 Mixed 364 SusWrite 467 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.5 176% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 179 179% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 461GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 169 175 175 174 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 75.6 Mixed 55.6 SusWrite 158 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 35 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 35.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 110%

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

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 114%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 GAMING X

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	302x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	215x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $159Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	166x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	114x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	107x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	99x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	45x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	43x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	49x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	34x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $605

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16