Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76% 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 Drive	302% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '21 at 00:31
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 74.4 1-Core 147 2-Core 267 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 738 74% 601 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 100 Parallax 95.7 76% 96.4 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 93.6 76% 93.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$77 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 873GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1435 1627 1631 1672 1641 1674 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 1,769 Write 2,194 Mixed 1,516 SusWrite 1,613 400% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 74.5 259% 98.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,269 DQ Write 1,098 DQ Mixed 1,166 879% 1,178 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 347%
Sandisk S3 2T00 2TB 7,927 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 813GB free Firmware: 411040RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 468 474 484 486 409 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 463 Mixed 378 SusWrite 465 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 43.6 147% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 242 211% 314 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 267GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 124 110 103 119 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 158 Write 119 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 117 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 114%
JMicron 1.5TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 615GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 39 40 40 33 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 18.4 Write 19.2 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 36.1 17% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$83 8,676 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.7 45% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 13.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 95%

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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 $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,718x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $180Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,428x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	782x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	669x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	624x
RTX 3080Nvidia $879Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	521x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	421x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	360x
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	286x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	224x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $768

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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