Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.8% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200528
Uptime5.5 Days
Run DateApr 13 '21 at 05:19
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%
Watch Gameplay: 570 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (20th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 76.6
1-Core 146
2-Core 258
88% 160 Pts
4-Core 418
8-Core 604
64% 511 Pts
64-Core 658
41% 658 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130
Asus(1043 0589) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.12.1
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.8% Very poor
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 58.4
Parallax 81.5
0% 46.7 fps
MRender 59.5
Gravity 60.7
Splatting 43.1
43% 54.4 fps
Poor: 37%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 49%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.01D05
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 60 58 46 43 46 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
43.1% Average
Read 99.8
Write 94.8
Mixed 67.5
SusWrite 49.7
58% 78 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 0.9
190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 43.1%
Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
275GB free
Firmware: CC4D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 26 29 28 19 28 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
10.8% Very poor
Read 12.5
Write 74.8
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 24.8
26% 34.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
76% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 10.8%
Great: 112%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
294GB free
Firmware: 1AA01112
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 72 70 71 65 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
43.7% Average
Read 79
Write 78
Mixed 55
SusWrite 72.9
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.7% Very good
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 28.7
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 21.5
SC Write 18
SC Mixed 27.1
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 87.1
46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 100%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $541
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