Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.9% 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	214% 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.

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	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '21 at 17:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 79.8 1-Core 149 2-Core 296 94% 175 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 953 93% 762 Pts	64-Core 1427 88% 1427 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.1% 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: 21.10.1 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.9% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 132 Parallax 177 93% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 125 Splatting 93.3 89% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 369 224 176 174 162 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,392 Write 1,113 Mixed 1,101 SusWrite 240 266% 1,211 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 68.4 224% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 662 525% 725 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 273%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 304GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 78 79 78 79 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 168 Write 151 Mixed 118 SusWrite 78.6 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 0.8 8% 3.47 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 11.2 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 23%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 113GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 20 126 176 156 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 462 Write 361 Mixed 217 SusWrite 153 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 19.6 84% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 86.7 DQ Mixed 41.6 48% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.6% 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)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 35 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 36.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.9% 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	8	6	144	23.5"	1280 720	MSI3BA0 MSI G24C4

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	146x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $546

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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