Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	351% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	59.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '20 at 22:47
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$190 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 68.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 90% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 932 90% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,439 89% 1,439 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3277) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 167 Reflection 151 Parallax 153 136% 157 fps	Gravity 137 Splatting 111 108% 124 fps
Poor: 105% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$159 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2025 2220 2249 2011 1585 1566 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,615 Write 2,270 Mixed 1,894 SusWrite 1,943 490% 2,180 MB/s	4K Read 63.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 59.6 248% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1260 DQ Write 1,114 DQ Mixed 1,190 891% 1,188 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 435%
USB DISK 3.0 252GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 26GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 41 32 45 29 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 101 Write 15.4 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 38.5 44% 42.3 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 1.2 77% 3.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 24%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 5,167 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 27.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 129%

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

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,720x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $189Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,430x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	783x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	670x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	626x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	522x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	421x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $88Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	362x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	358x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	381x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	287x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	224x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $778

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16