Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	103% 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	33.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 20 months ago, 17 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '22 at 13:31
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 74.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 668 65% 536 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% XFX(1EAE 6501) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.2.3 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 137 Parallax 224 92% 158 fps	MRender 214 Gravity 115 Splatting 150 128% 159 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31256GTND 256GB 3,461 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 105 108 280 105 124 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.5% Below average	Read 156 Write 71.1 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 182 26% 118 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 19.7 4K Mixed 11.4 52% 16.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 16.3 DQ Mixed 16.7 12% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 90%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$107 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 487GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 477 478 479 481 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 475 Mixed 435 SusWrite 478 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 45.9 154% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 297 212% 270 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 128%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 885GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 184 183 186 190 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 151 Mixed 35.6 SusWrite 184 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C20 2x8GB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 25.1 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,708x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,413x
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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	514x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	417x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	377x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	221x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $704

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