Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	189% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '21 at 08:41
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	85%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 790 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 997 62% 997 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 1522) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 109% 125 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.6 87% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 221 197 200 185 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,474 Write 909 Mixed 953 SusWrite 218 197% 889 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 75.8 273% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 565 472% 676 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 199%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 556GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 133 137 136 136 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 135 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 28.2 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 29.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $80Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $541

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 $178	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) $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