Gigabyte GA-B550 GAMING X

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.2% 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	123% 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 (11%). 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 14 '20 at 04:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 296 95% 176 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 817 84% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,078 67% 1,078 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% 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 (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 103 Parallax 90.3 82% 97.8 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 95.1 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force 500GB 500GB 6,415 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02K0S6OA SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 434 425 429 428 430 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 471 Mixed 424 SusWrite 434 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 57.3 191% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 120 156% 281 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 126%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 471 443 482 495 456 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 492 Mixed 361 SusWrite 471 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.4 176% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 177 178% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 116%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 176 177 177 177 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 108 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 176 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 34.9 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 35.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.3% 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 $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	301x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	213x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	166x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	113x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	107x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	99x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	44x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	43x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 234%, 77,062 samples	31x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	54x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	48x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	34x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $638

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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