Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 109%, 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	322% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '22 at 04:10
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^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-$180 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 177 2-Core 348 110% 205 Pts	4-Core 684 8-Core 1181 113% 932 Pts	64-Core 1,618 100% 1,618 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 109% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2660 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 221 Parallax 133 108% 162 fps	MRender 121 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-$87 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2328 1085 896 907 926 927 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2933 Write 3211 Mixed 2,955 SusWrite 1,178 578% 2,569 MB/s	4K Read 79.1 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 97.2 319% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 866 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 666 518% 716 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 442%
APS-SE20Q-2T 2TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM52.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2220 2327 2324 2326 2326 2321 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 1,377 Write 2,335 Mixed 1,490 SusWrite 2,307 427% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 74.2 239% 85.2 MB/s	DQ Read 921 DQ Write 582 DQ Mixed 703 537% 735 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 369%
Team T253X2002T 2TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: H191113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 344 341 341 344 339 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 443 Write 467 Mixed 324 SusWrite 343 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 34.4 132% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 232 178% 239 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.9% 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: 724 730 730 730 729 730 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 664 Write 716 Mixed 684 SusWrite 729 158% 698 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 75 236% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 742 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 754 551% 720 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 486%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 202 206 206 205 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 162 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 203 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 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 (67^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 33.9 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 30.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 38.2 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.9% 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