Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	110% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13 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 05:46
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 95% 179 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 997 87% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,477 91% 1,477 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 32.5 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 41.4 26% 36.3 fps	Gravity 30.1 Splatting 23.7 23% 26.9 fps
Poor: 22% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 299GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 329 448 456 457 456 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 448 Mixed 335 SusWrite 417 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.9 163% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 257 220% 323 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 271GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 63.4 SusWrite 104 72% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 209% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62% 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 below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 27.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 89.2 45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 112%

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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 $189Bench 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 $899Bench 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 $550	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