Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% 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	157% 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 14:40
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$144 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 83.1 1-Core 164 2-Core 298 99% 182 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 872 85% 699 Pts	64-Core 1,092 68% 1,092 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$250 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3657) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 101 Parallax 115 97% 112 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 96.8 Splatting 83 81% 102 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 122 180 147 181 156 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,622 Write 1,259 Mixed 1,123 SusWrite 208 234% 1,053 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 29.5 175% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 798 DQ Write 462 DQ Mixed 29.5 183% 430 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 270%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 110GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 413 419 168 114 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 438 Write 389 Mixed 311 SusWrite 271 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 36 131% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 223 191% 278 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 175 175 176 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 172 Mixed 34 SusWrite 176 98% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 33.9 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 29.3 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 35.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 112%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 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 $66Bench 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	98x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $513

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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