Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	104% 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	290% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '22 at 10:51
Run Duration	313 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$158 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 172 2-Core 348 110% 205 Pts	4-Core 683 8-Core 1,154 112% 918 Pts	64-Core 1,600 99% 1,600 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2653 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 146 Parallax 132 106% 136 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 134 Splatting 122 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1480 1260 918 917 921 940 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,884 Write 3,035 Mixed 2,845 SusWrite 1,073 553% 2,459 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 80.8 262% 84.4 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 569 439% 602 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 442%
APS-SE20Q-2T 2TB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM52.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1911 1998 1999 1999 1999 2000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,339 Write 2,222 Mixed 1,447 SusWrite 1,984 397% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 60.7 200% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 506 DQ Mixed 589 447% 606 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 369%
Team T253X2002T 2TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: H191113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 449 444 443 444 444 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 446 Mixed 317 SusWrite 446 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 33.2 118% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 229 176% 237 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 101%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 768GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 490 490 490 490 490 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 456 Mixed 426 SusWrite 488 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 50.7 165% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 247% 287 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 171 172 172 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 175 Mixed 111 SusWrite 171 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
OLOY MD4U0836181BCWDA CL18-22-22 D4-3600 MD4U0836181BCWDA CL18-22-22 D4-3600 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 40.6 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 33.1 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 42 97% 34 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	641x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $88Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	434x
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	180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 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 $75Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: $507

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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