Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220104
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '23 at 04:16
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 5600X-$119 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 75 1-Core 171 2-Core 314 99% 187 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 786 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,035 64% 1,035 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8818) ≥ 4GB; ASUS ROG Strix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 V2 OC Edition CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.9% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 127 98% 123 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 101 Splatting 76.2 82% 105 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 71 33 52 32 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$49 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 8GB free Firmware: 4.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 57 56 55 55 56 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 49.1 Write 50.9 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 56 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 42%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 117GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 81 81 83 82 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 61.5 Write 62.7 Mixed 27.4 SusWrite 81.5 42% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 58%
Seagate ST920217AS 20GB 211 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 18GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 31 29 31 32 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 60.3 Write 20.7 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 30.4 25% 33.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 18%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 123GB free, PID 10a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 38.3 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 38.3 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 25.1 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 23.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 120%

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,084x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	673x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $245Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	275x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	333x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	311x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	303x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	206x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	180x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	110x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	107x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	69x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16