Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


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 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.6% 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	240% 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.

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Run History

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200615
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '22 at 23:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 87.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 830 79% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 140 Parallax 203 98% 155 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 137 Splatting 95 93% 117 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 150 147 185 163 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,582 Write 1,028 Mixed 206 SusWrite 200 217% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 66.7 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 86.9 305% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 818 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 74.1 218% 476 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 271%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 584GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 163 151 163 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 155 Mixed 38.9 SusWrite 159 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3600 2x8GB 15,812 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 37.6 97% 33.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 34.9 84% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 122%

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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 101%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	146x

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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

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 $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