Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	243% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 10:24
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 270 84% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 675 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.2.2 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 63.5 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 80.8 52% 67.5 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 64.5 Splatting 40.8 44% 55.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG5000ANC-WRSN 500GB 18,375 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1223 983 990 986 972 977 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1,980 Write 1,282 Mixed 1733 SusWrite 1,022 337% 1,504 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.5 226% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 807 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 711 526% 698 MB/s
Poor: 182% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 296%
MB2000GCWDA 2TB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 66GB free Firmware: HPGD SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 79 76 78 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 96.8 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 74.3 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 105%
Wl3000gsa6472 1 3TB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 100GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 85 84 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 113 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 85.2 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 91%
Generic MassStorageClass 128GB 575 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 14GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 5.6 5.9 6.9 7.1 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 8.5 Mixed 9 SusWrite 7 12% 9.25 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	70.2% Very good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 27.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 26.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 120%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	146x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

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