Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 122%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 111%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 122%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics109% 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 Drive285% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A  (all builds)
Memory29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 05 '21 at 03:17
Run Duration250 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$202
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Memory 90.7
1-Core 177
2-Core 352
110% 206 Pts
4-Core 690
8-Core 1,186
114% 938 Pts
64-Core 1,624
100% 1,624 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 110%
Great: 112%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2667 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 153
Parallax 139
112% 143 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 143
Splatting 127
107% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB
674GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 82A7TBAA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 988 653 645 655 659 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
285% Outstanding
Read 2,962
Write 2,994
Mixed 1,881
SusWrite 716
478% 2,138 MB/s
4K Read 65.7
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 87.5
290% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 884
DQ Write 578
DQ Mixed 727
543% 730 MB/s
Poor: 155%
This bench: 285%
Great: 458%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90
696GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1191 1219 1216 1214 1207 1211 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
288% Outstanding
Read 2,507
Write 1,521
Mixed 1,630
SusWrite 1,210
383% 1,717 MB/s
4K Read 64.2
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 80.3
262% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 887
DQ Write 542
DQ Mixed 693
522% 707 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 288%
Great: 410%
Team T253X2002T 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: H191113
SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 447 444 445 446 444 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
96.6% Outstanding
Read 434
Write 451
Mixed 321
SusWrite 448
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 86.1
4K Mixed 35.9
133% 49.9 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 235
180% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 96.6%
Great: 101%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215
5.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 170 171 171 167 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 160
Mixed 91
SusWrite 169
111% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3.1
4K Mixed 1.1
217% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 102%
Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87
5TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 156 161 160 156 155 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Read 112
Write 155
Mixed 74.7
SusWrite 156
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.8
253% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 90%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GVRB F4-3200C16-8GVKB F4-3200C16-8GVRB 32GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
95.4% Outstanding
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 24.1
MC Mixed 37.2
96% 33.6 GB/s
SC Read 31.1
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 39.7
91% 31.7 GB/s
Latency 66.3
60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 73%
This bench: 95.4%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A Builds (Compare 2,446 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 101% - Outstanding Total price: $551
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