Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	175% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210809
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '22 at 18:00
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 66.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 83% 157 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 854 83% 683 Pts	64-Core 1,063 66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% PowerColor(148C 2379) CLim: 1390 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 63.8 Parallax 89.4 54% 73.2 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 69.1 Splatting 47.7 48% 59.9 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB 17,295 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 476 417 410 325 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,085 Write 1,164 Mixed 486 SusWrite 406 175% 785 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 65.9 225% 89.4 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 936 DQ Mixed 730 578% 794 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 197%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 476 463 434 424 444 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 476 Mixed 456 SusWrite 445 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 63 210% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 268% 342 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Sandisk SD6SP1M256G1002 256GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 238GB free Firmware: X231202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 433 419 399 389 405 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 320 Mixed 235 SusWrite 406 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 33.8 137% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 124 130% 217 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 98%
Hitachi HTS547550A9E384 500GB-$60 23,997 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 353GB free Firmware: JE3OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 77 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 68.9 Write 66.8 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 75.5 46% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 50%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 181 179 183 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 172 Mixed 110 SusWrite 181 120% 163 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 6,254 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 24.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 108%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	639x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	433x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	149x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16