Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	283% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '21 at 21:58
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$206 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 78.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 303 95% 177 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,031 95% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,449 90% 1,449 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87E0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 191 Parallax 182 175% 196 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 148 Splatting 131 123% 153 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 716 1124 1081 1062 1084 972 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,822 Write 2,596 Mixed 2,614 SusWrite 1,006 507% 2,259 MB/s	4K Read 74.6 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 74.3 247% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,284 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 281 314% 567 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 442%
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$33 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 205GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 171 86 85 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 473 Write 316 Mixed 331 SusWrite 150 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 32.7 130% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 177 132% 180 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 185 181 179 181 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 138 Write 152 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 182 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 36.3 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 35.6 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 114%

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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 $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,714x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $159Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,422x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	772x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	666x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	619x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	519x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	420x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	379x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	222x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $761

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $139	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	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