Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	307% 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, 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, 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '21 at 07:25
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 90.8 1-Core 165 2-Core 326 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 640 8-Core 1,030 102% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,568 97% 1,568 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2174 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 134 109% 139 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 137 Splatting 124 99% 121 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 738GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1619 1625 1625 1629 1634 1630 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,663 Write 2,428 Mixed 1,814 SusWrite 1627 478% 2,133 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 82.2 271% 90.4 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 562 DQ Mixed 586 387% 444 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 410%
Mushkin MKNSSDPE2TB-D8 2TB 2,217 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 1.5TB free Firmware: 42AAT7GD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1056 1465 1465 1462 1465 1467 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 1,479 Mixed 1,373 SusWrite 1,397 370% 1,657 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 71.6 234% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 547 285% 240 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 382%
ST16000NM001G-2KK103 16TB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 8.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 199 199 199 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 220 Write 206 Mixed 107 SusWrite 195 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 1.5 50% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 3.7 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 1.9 2% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 146 155 160 158 160 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 98.6 Write 108 Mixed 72 SusWrite 155 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.7 237% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 33.2 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 29.7 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 38.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	638x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $133Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $483

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) $31	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