Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
23 months ago, 23 months ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201203
Uptime3.9 Days
Run DateMay 22 '22 at 14:57
Run Duration202 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE Graphics
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Memory 74.9
1-Core 137
2-Core 251
84% 154 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 726
71% 584 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 66%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 4000 (iGPU)
Asus(1043 87E1) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 22.5.1
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
12.9% Very poor
Lighting 16.4
Reflection 15.8
Parallax 22.3
13% 18.2 fps
MRender 6.6
Gravity 17.6
Splatting 18.2
12% 14.1 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 12.9%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
84GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,951
Write 2180
Mixed 1,767
440% 1,966 MB/s
4K Read 45.7
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 68.1
232% 85.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,239
DQ Write 970
DQ Mixed 1075
812% 1,095 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
121GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 136 137 143 143 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Read 132
Write 126
Mixed 61.9
SusWrite 138
84% 115 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.9
4K Mixed 1
215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
46.3% Average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 14.5
MC Mixed 16
44% 15.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 16
SC Mixed 16.2
48% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 90.6
44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46.3%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,324 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $534
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