Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	207% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 18:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (59^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-$202 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 77.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 99% 188 Pts	4-Core 638 8-Core 1,070 104% 854 Pts	64-Core 1,520 94% 1,520 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 3976) CLim: 2385 MHz, MLim: 4150 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 129 Parallax 133 113% 133 fps	MRender 150 Gravity 114 Splatting 98.2 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 106% 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% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 727 444 429 430 430 430 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,580 Write 1,631 Mixed 1,277 SusWrite 482 278% 1,242 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 71.1 242% 88.5 MB/s	DQ Read 974 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 907 674% 895 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 237%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1TB free Firmware: 415020RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 406 393 395 392 393 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 477 Mixed 361 SusWrite 402 92% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 40.3 156% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 211 196% 304 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 60 62 62 62 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 potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 28 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 30.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 99%

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	248x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	247x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	167x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	161x
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

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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