Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	306% 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	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '22 at 16:13
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$202 128,080 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 (72^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,063 101% 838 Pts	64-Core 1,466 91% 1,466 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2657 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 218 Parallax 134 108% 162 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 135 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$88 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 214GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1337 1491 920 931 931 928 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,931 Write 3,106 Mixed 2,903 SusWrite 1,090 564% 2,507 MB/s	4K Read 75.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 92.2 299% 98 MB/s	DQ Read 746 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 584 454% 626 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 442%
APS-SE20Q-2T 2TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM52.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1454 2230 2258 2258 2258 2256 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 2,036 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 2119 398% 1,754 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 66.3 222% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 786 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 600 456% 623 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: 465 455 454 453 453 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 466 Mixed 324 SusWrite 456 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 36.2 134% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 236 180% 241 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 205 204 204 202 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 156 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 203 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% 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 (83^rd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 35.3 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 31.3 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 38.1 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 110%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

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 $90Bench 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	61x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $551

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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