Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	114% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '21 at 03:50
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3950X-$515 50,170 User benchmarks, average bench 89% AM4, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 80 1-Core 156 2-Core 308 97% 181 Pts	4-Core 609 8-Core 1,184 106% 896 Pts	64-Core 2848 176% 2848 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2066) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 129 Parallax 112 94% 119 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 93.4 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar SSD 256GB 6,360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: H190117H SusWrite @10s intervals: 370 459 464 469 276 261 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 485 Mixed 459 SusWrite 383 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.2 184% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 336 248% 326 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 5,778 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 1.5TB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 442 418 420 413 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 478 Mixed 399 SusWrite 413 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 51.6 180% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 244 196% 277 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 118%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 223GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 94 97 99 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.7 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 96.4 64% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 99%
Generic MassStorageClass 64GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 56GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	Read 34.1 Write 23.4 Mixed 25.6 SusWrite 23.7 35% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 4.6 301% 5.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 22%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 14GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.3 3.7 2.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 11.2 Mixed 9 SusWrite 3.3 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 4x8GB 2,503 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 38.3 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 36.3 80% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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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 $45	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