Asus PRIME B550M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	186% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 8 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-K (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '23 at 15:08
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	43%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 5500-$80 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 83% 155 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 742 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 88.9 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 81.6 72% 85.9 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 71.3 70% 88 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SNV2S500G 500GB 18,653 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 221GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBJ00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 799 740 1034 172 162 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1819 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,282 SusWrite 511 301% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 42.1 153% 56.7 MB/s	DQ Read 919 DQ Write 675 DQ Mixed 541 474% 712 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 323%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF1X08QFHH38-135-K 2x8GB 6,254 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 26.9 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 108%

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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 100%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	791x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	350x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	303x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	336x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	258x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	190x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	81x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	63x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	59x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	138x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	125x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	69x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $386

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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