Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	231% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '22 at 18:44
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.4 1-Core 157 2-Core 306 98% 182 Pts	4-Core 595 8-Core 962 95% 778 Pts	64-Core 1,132 70% 1,132 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 102 Parallax 93.2 84% 99.5 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 93.6 Splatting 79.2 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234090WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 525 562 327 486 365 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 2,065 Mixed 1,781 SusWrite 609 354% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 66.5 230% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1,090 822% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 300%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 208 214 211 211 206 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 189 191 178 181 188 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 116 Write 156 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 186 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 441GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 148 151 147 151 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 48.6 Write 92.5 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 149 67% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 103% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 25EA 2TB 555 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 895GB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 106 109 109 107 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 80.8 Write 87 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 108 111% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Silicon-Power 2x8GB 1,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 30.8 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 28.3 SC Write 41 SC Mixed 30.8 95% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	310x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	247x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	247x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	167x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	160x
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	103x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	165x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	117x
SWORDFISH 1TBAdataBench 199%, 4,468 samples	93x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	67x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	65x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 84%, 2,061 samples	55x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $529

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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