Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	256% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 08:46
Run Duration	278 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 93% 169 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 820 73% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3903 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 88.7 78% 92.8 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 83.1 Splatting 75.8 75% 94.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 914 925 927 932 915 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2197 Write 3,404 Mixed 2,203 SusWrite 1,016 498% 2,205 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77.3 248% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 640 477% 640 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 486%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 414GB free Firmware: 401020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 460 468 458 413 471 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 473 Mixed 403 SusWrite 458 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 48.6 170% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 197 190% 302 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 117%
ST16000NM001G-2KK103 16TB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 9TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 209 215 213 217 217 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 210 Write 202 Mixed 111 SusWrite 214 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 10.4 4K Mixed 1.4 51% 13.6 MB/s	DQ Read 2.3 DQ Write 9.2 DQ Mixed 1.4 2% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 159 163 164 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 102 Write 118 Mixed 73 SusWrite 157 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 217% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 90%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 59 60 59 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 163 Write 140 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 57.7 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 97%
Seagate ST6000VN0021-1ZA17Z 6TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 59 60 59 56 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 59 60 59 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 195 Write 150 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 57.7 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 114%
WD WD6001F4PZ-49CWHM0 6TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 57 59 60 59 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 166 Write 151 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 57.6 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3200 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB CL16-18-18 D4-3200 G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3533, 3533, 3533, 3533 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 38.8 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 40.8 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	643x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	437x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	205x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	181x
RTX 3070Nvidia $455Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	151x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $71Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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