Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.4% 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	136% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '21 at 06:49
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 80.3 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 93% 173 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 854 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,434 89% 1,434 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 134 Parallax 178 97% 144 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 126 Splatting 93.7 90% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 605 602 283 324 177 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 618 Mixed 601 SusWrite 355 155% 703 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 47.9 142% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 449 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 413 320% 437 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 273%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 225GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 117 115 117 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 114 SusWrite 115 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 9.4 4K Mixed 0.7 8% 3.8 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 10.3 DQ Mixed 1 2% 4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 23%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 43GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 105 140 141 144 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 464 Write 396 Mixed 338 SusWrite 173 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 19.7 84% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 41.5 47% 81.5 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 35.5 90% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 33.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	144	23.5"	1280 720	MSI3BA0 MSI G24C4

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	638x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $133Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $74Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $516

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16