Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 16:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3600XT-$359 30,318 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 69.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 95% 182 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 881 93% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,109 69% 1,109 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 90.9 Reflection 91.4 Parallax 84.7 74% 89 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 73.9 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 470 475 457 407 412 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 477 Mixed 413 SusWrite 447 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.2 180% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 290 241% 347 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 318GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 125 126 122 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 124 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB 4,404 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 50GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 104 Write 35.7 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 35.7 72% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 3.4 239% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 16GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 24.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 103%

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

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	957x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	525x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	376x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	333x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	299x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	286x

SSD
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	116x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	86x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	71x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	140x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	120x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	97x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16