Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	142% 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	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '21 at 09:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing way below expectations (11^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-$175 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 65.7 1-Core 164 2-Core 308 94% 179 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 962 93% 765 Pts	64-Core 1,431 89% 1,431 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	142% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 241 Parallax 168 166% 204 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 152 Splatting 136 127% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SWORDFISH 500GB 5,450 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 312GB free Firmware: V9002s57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 963 937 560 628 849 947 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 1,019 Mixed 791 SusWrite 814 226% 1,011 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 33 132% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 168 142% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 256%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 6 6.3 8.1 13 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Read 7 Write 16.4 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 9.6 6% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 34,252 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 24.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 112%

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

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,710x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,418x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $246Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	769x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	666x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	516x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	418x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	378x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	280x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	222x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $771

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16