Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200513
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '22 at 00:45
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th 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-$159 1,239,438 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 66.1 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 166 62% 106 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 570 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 780 52% 780 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$280 311,454 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 98.7 Parallax 87.4 78% 94.2 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 78.3 73% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 14,618 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 180 184 137 142 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 921 Write 377 Mixed 231 SusWrite 155 92% 421 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 22.6 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 289 194% 238 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 268%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$74 10,214 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 258GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 93 92 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 94.3 Mixed 52.6 SusWrite 91.9 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMT16GX4M2C3000C15 2x8GB 844 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.1 68% 24 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 23.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 62: 6R 7G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
62%	22%	111	280	201	60	27"	1920 1080	AUS2781 VL279

History: Score 13: 0R 0G 13B | Score 62: 6R 7G 11B

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 120%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $159Bench 81%, 1,239,438 samples	1,516x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $175Bench 96%, 356,873 samples	849x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $280Bench 84%, 752,479 samples	673x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 153%, 412,430 samples	369x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 363,359 samples	329x
RTX 2060Nvidia $376Bench 89%, 585,143 samples	258x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $98Bench 230%, 167,183 samples	182x
SA2000M81000G 1TBKingstonBench 229%, 75,189 samples	174x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 200%, 92,642 samples	153x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 606,492 samples	291x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 87%, 233,920 samples	237x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 80,339 samples	146x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $825

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $260	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $155	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $118
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $67	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16