Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '21 at 20:52
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 5600X-$120 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 166 2-Core 339 104% 196 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 955 93% 762 Pts	64-Core 1198 74% 1198 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 75.4 62% 78.7 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 74.5 Splatting 65.8 59% 73 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$68 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 468 349 345 352 351 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 464 SusWrite 390 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 66.1 220% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 373 281% 375 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 2GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 9.9 10 7.9 10 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 20.1 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 10.3 27% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 2.7 224% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%
WDC WD10 EZRX-00D8PB0 1TB 904GB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 34 35 35 35 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.1% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 37.4 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 34.7 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s

WDC WD20 EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1TB free, PID 2775 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	30% Below average	Read 37.8 Write 39.8 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 4.3 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.5 280% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,684 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.8% Very good	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 29.6 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 27.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 31.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 126%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	312x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	253x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	249x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	168x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	162x
RX 6600-XTAMD $300Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	104x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	165x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	118x
SWORDFISH 1TBAdataBench 199%, 4,468 samples	94x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	67x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	66x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 84%, 2,061 samples	57x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16