Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 109%, 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	372% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '22 at 03:47
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$151 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 168 2-Core 308 105% 190 Pts	4-Core 655 8-Core 1,014 103% 835 Pts	64-Core 1,153 71% 1,153 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 149 Parallax 134 100% 136 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 122 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$92 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 849GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2188 2159 1471 1495 1523 1510 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 2687 Write 2,470 Mixed 1929 SusWrite 1,724 494% 2,203 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 97.8 327% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1,452 DQ Write 1,125 DQ Mixed 1,268 954% 1,282 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 410%
SHGS31-1000GS-2 1TB 11,576 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 115GB free Firmware: 90000Q00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 481 473 474 474 450 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 434 SusWrite 472 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.2 150% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 115%
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$60 15,626 User benchmarks, average bench 216% 233GB free Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 501 514 512 513 522 518 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,090 Write 489 Mixed 613 SusWrite 513 202% 927 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 57.3 229% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 421 326% 442 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 333%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 184 185 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 171 Mixed 114 SusWrite 183 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 38.2 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 32.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 37.5 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 127%

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,708x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $185Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,412x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	768x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	664x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	514x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	417x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	376x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	221x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $699

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 $179	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