Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	190% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201105
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 15:47
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 5800X-$200 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 75.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 240 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 890 83% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,362 84% 1,362 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 111 Parallax 120 97% 117 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 85.1 84% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 422 422 419 419 422 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,568 Write 1,661 Mixed 1,262 SusWrite 494 279% 1,246 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 62.1 211% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 802 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 760 558% 734 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 237%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 409 416 410 412 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 480 Mixed 399 SusWrite 421 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 42.1 149% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 249 216% 319 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 52 51 51 47 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE 2x8GB 4,507 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 28.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	310x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	247x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	247x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	167x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	160x
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	103x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	165x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	117x
SWORDFISH 1TBAdataBench 199%, 4,468 samples	93x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	67x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	65x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 84%, 2,061 samples	55x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $529

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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