Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1804 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200514
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 16:48
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 75.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 309 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 919 93% 755 Pts	64-Core 1,111 69% 1,111 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 91.9 Reflection 91.2 Parallax 84.1 75% 89.1 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 80.9 Splatting 72.7 71% 89.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,589 Write 2,380 Mixed 1,682 493% 2,217 MB/s	4K Read 66.9 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 91.7 308% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 1,209 910% 1,217 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 732GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 170 170 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 101 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 170 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Elite DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$241 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.8% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 30.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 126%

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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 $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	688x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	470x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	393x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	269x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	267x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	198x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
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: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $630

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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