Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 99%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 98.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics75.2% 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 Drive197% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210202
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 09 '21 at 23:36
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$200
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Memory 89.2
1-Core 144
2-Core 289
95% 174 Pts
4-Core 577
8-Core 987
95% 782 Pts
64-Core 1,471
91% 1,471 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 112%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Lighting 92.8
Reflection 94
Parallax 86.9
76% 91.2 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 82.6
Splatting 75.6
74% 93.7 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45
373GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 1063 574 79 352 258 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1117
Write 1,065
Mixed 984
SusWrite 558
209% 931 MB/s
4K Read 55.1
4K Write 192
4K Mixed 79.2
286% 109 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 961
DQ Mixed 509
435% 618 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 197%
Great: 253%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29
116GB free
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 460 458 457 100 112 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 468
Mixed 436
SusWrite 342
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 37.9
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 33.3
163% 63.5 MB/s
DQ Read 233
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 49.1
105% 209 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 103%
Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
466GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 128 130 130 130 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 129
Write 129
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 129
83% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1
176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 74%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
MC Read 35.5
MC Write 24.4
MC Mixed 31.4
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 28.1
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 36.3
84% 29.5 GB/s
Latency 68.2
59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,324 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $534
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