Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	117% 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 11:33
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT-$359 30,318 User benchmarks, average bench 85% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 139 2-Core 262 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 792 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 95%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 395 410 389 410 401 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 391 SusWrite 400 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 53.1 182% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 366 275% 368 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 263GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 474 474 476 461 475 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 380 Mixed 392 SusWrite 467 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 56.7 169% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2271 2268 2279 2296 2333 2335 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 2,415 Write 2202 Mixed 2,236 SusWrite 2,297 516% 2,287 MB/s	4K Read 69 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 86.2 285% 95.6 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 755 DQ Mixed 863 647% 866 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 435%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 34.6 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 31.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 142%

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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 $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,708x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,412x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	767x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	663x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	514x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	416x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	376x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	221x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $708

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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