Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 05:19
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$200 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 118 2-Core 243 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 803 72% 610 Pts	64-Core 1449 90% 1449 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	25% Poor	Lighting 32.4 Reflection 35 Parallax 41.3 26% 36.2 fps	MRender 29.4 Gravity 30 Splatting 23.6 22% 27.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 378 426 435 416 439 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 439 Mixed 222 SusWrite 418 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 33.3 130% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 239 201% 293 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 101 103 103 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 102 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.6 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 27.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 90.4 44% 90.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 112%

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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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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 $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,715x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,425x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	776x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	667x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	622x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	519x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	420x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	381x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	223x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $740

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16