Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE V2

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	210% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE V2 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201218
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 13:59
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$150 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 315 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 942 96% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,204 74% 1,204 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	7.2% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 11 7% 10.4 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 9.3 8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.2% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 256GB 12,312 User benchmarks, average bench 215% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 235 211 235 183 184 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 2,407 Write 1,099 Mixed 214 SusWrite 235 214% 989 MB/s	4K Read 70.9 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 58.3 278% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 437 313% 397 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 277%
Samsung 840 Series 500GB 7,390 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 114GB free Firmware: DXT09B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 334 334 337 334 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 318 Mixed 186 SusWrite 334 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 31.1 140% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 67.6 99% 188 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 89%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 103GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 353 354 355 355 355 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 354 Mixed 340 SusWrite 354 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.3 155% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 196 177% 267 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 103%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 323GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 140 139 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 146 Write 128 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 140 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 34.7 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 30.3 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 37.2 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

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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 V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	2,379x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,267x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	482x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	708x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	662x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	604x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	402x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	246x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	240x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	311x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	210x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	179x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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