Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 111% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 108%, 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	180% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '22 at 00:20
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$199 128,080 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 (88^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 160 2-Core 316 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 653 8-Core 1,026 103% 839 Pts	64-Core 1,495 92% 1,495 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4073) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.40 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 125 Parallax 126 112% 130 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 98 91% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 948 175 180 188 346 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 1,062 Write 1,055 Mixed 979 SusWrite 335 192% 858 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 76.1 280% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 1,011 DQ Mixed 509 443% 636 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 253%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 16GB free Firmware: 415020WD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 499 Write 479 Mixed 366 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.9 189% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 262 223% 326 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 111%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 412 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 120 144 144 143 145 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 145 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 139 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 37 99% 34.8 GB/s	SC Read 32.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 38.1 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 127%

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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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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,713x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $199Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,420x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	772x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	666x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	618x
RTX 3080Nvidia $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	519x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	420x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	379x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	284x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	222x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $752

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