Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	311% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '22 at 09:34
Run Duration	328 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th 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-$180 128,080 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 89.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 612 8-Core 1,045 100% 828 Pts	64-Core 1,464 91% 1,464 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2667 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 6.5 Parallax 134 108% 91.3 fps	MRender 0.3 Gravity 144 Splatting 57.7 56% 67.2 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$87 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2265 1336 882 904 929 918 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,919 Write 3,099 Mixed 2,905 SusWrite 1,206 569% 2,532 MB/s	4K Read 74.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 90.3 295% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 535 DQ Mixed 574 444% 611 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 442%
APS-SE20Q-2T 2TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM52.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1924 2002 2005 1171 260 621 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 2,253 Mixed 1,461 SusWrite 1,331 363% 1,603 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 66 222% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 600 456% 622 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 369%
Team T253X2002T 2TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: H191113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 349 345 345 349 345 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 445 Write 449 Mixed 325 SusWrite 348 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 35.3 130% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 240 182% 242 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 101%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 859GB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 698 698 698 698 698 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 659 Write 717 Mixed 680 SusWrite 698 156% 689 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 69.5 221% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 646 484% 648 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 486%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 205 205 205 206 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 168 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 204 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 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 (76^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 34.2 95% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 31 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 38.6 92% 32.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	643x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	437x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	205x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	181x
RTX 3070Nvidia $455Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	151x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $72Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	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) $39	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