Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D 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.

High background CPU (26%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 22:34
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 86.1 1-Core 159 2-Core 318 101% 188 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 931 92% 752 Pts	64-Core 1,169 72% 1,169 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 128 Parallax 184 101% 145 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 117 Splatting 85.4 82% 101 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11130101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,762 Write 2,100 Mixed 1,520 402% 1,794 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 77.8 279% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 1,121 DQ Mixed 900 730% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 76% Great: 228%
Sandisk SD7SB2Q512G 512GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 298GB free Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 446 448 447 449 447 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 405 Mixed 271 SusWrite 447 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 38.5 154% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 134 153% 263 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 238GB free Firmware: 11110101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 498 500 500 500 501 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,719 Write 2,091 Mixed 1,538 SusWrite 541 331% 1,472 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 75.5 266% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,066 DQ Write 1,191 DQ Mixed 905 743% 1,054 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 228%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 37.4 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 28.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 36.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 116%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	641x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	433x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	149x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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