Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	213% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '22 at 17:21
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 75.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 874 88% 713 Pts	64-Core 1,480 92% 1,480 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.7.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 142 Parallax 181 97% 148 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 136 Splatting 94.6 93% 116 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 256GB 12,871 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 648 412 319 274 247 229 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 404 Mixed 172 SusWrite 355 168% 782 MB/s	4K Read 57.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 75.4 258% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 723 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 357 305% 459 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 273%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 308GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 163 166 162 168 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 169 Write 166 Mixed 97.9 SusWrite 165 34% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 9 4K Mixed 0.7 10% 4.17 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 1.1 2% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 23%
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 50GB free Firmware: VB421D57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 60 152 157 155 156 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 159 Mixed 190 SusWrite 156 154% 729 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 70.5 246% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 393 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 417 310% 407 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 309%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 25.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 89.4 45% 89.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
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: $551

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