Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	346% 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 (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	23.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '23 at 18:33
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$90 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 777 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 989 61% 989 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 58.3 50% 51.4 fps	MRender 43.5 Gravity 58.3 Splatting 51.4 42% 51.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$90 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2541 2786 2819 1719 661 663 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	346% Outstanding	Read 2,384 Write 2,537 Mixed 2,702 SusWrite 1,865 536% 2,372 MB/s	4K Read 71.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 85.3 291% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1206 DQ Write 909 DQ Mixed 1,040 782% 1,052 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 346% Great: 442%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 447GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 151 151 151 151 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 137 Mixed 79.9 SusWrite 151 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$45 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 173GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 114 Write 115 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 126 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 112%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 437GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 3.6 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	7.55% Terrible	Read 33.8 Write 38.1 Mixed 26.7 SusWrite 4 33% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.55% Great: 39%
WDC WD10 03FBYZ-010FB0 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 622GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 0.5 0 0.1 0.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.2% Very poor	Read 59.1 Write 28.4 Mixed 34 SusWrite 2.4 36% 31 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 93% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 19%
WDC WD10 03FBYZ-010FB0 1TB 507GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 36.7 Write 38.2 Mixed 30.2 45% 35 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.43 MB/s

WDC WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 1TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 459GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 28 35 36 35 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 36 Mixed 29 SusWrite 32 43% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.2 111% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB 24,428 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 34.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 31.2 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 119%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING - $160

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	3,481x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $193Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	3,172x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	1,542x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,299x
RTX 3080Nvidia $899Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	1,007x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	962x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	791x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	732x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	663x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $60Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	618x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	435x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	402x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16