Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 107% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
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	298% 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 00:08
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$185 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 91.2 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,087 102% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,473 91% 1,473 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 210 Parallax 128 103% 155 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 118 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 253GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1921 1417 872 884 892 925 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,813 Write 3,114 Mixed 2,815 SusWrite 1,152 556% 2,474 MB/s	4K Read 67.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 85.7 277% 92.1 MB/s	DQ Read 727 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 571 443% 611 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 442%
APS-SE20Q-2T 2TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM52.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1793 2263 2264 2264 2267 2266 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 1,363 Write 2,252 Mixed 1,473 SusWrite 2,186 413% 1,819 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 65.7 211% 73.6 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 612 459% 619 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 369%
Team T253X2002T 2TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: H191113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 450 447 444 446 448 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 467 Mixed 314 SusWrite 449 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 35.6 129% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 238 181% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 205 206 207 204 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 150 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 204 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
OLOY CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x8GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 34.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 30.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 38.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 110%

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

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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 $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