Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.1% 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 Drive186% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
11 months ago, 10 months ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201203
Uptime8.3 Days
Run DateMay 19 '23 at 02:25
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 76.6
1-Core 156
2-Core 294
94% 176 Pts
4-Core 522
8-Core 843
84% 683 Pts
64-Core 945
58% 945 Pts
Poor: 84%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 99%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$447
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
79.1% Very good
Lighting 80
Reflection 90.3
Parallax 126
65% 98.7 fps
MRender 169
Gravity 81.9
Splatting 138
106% 130 fps
Poor: 83%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 91%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 257 239 161 162 140 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
186% Outstanding
Read 1,489
Write 1,607
Mixed 1,532
SusWrite 232
273% 1,215 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 65.2
215% 75.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,093
DQ Write 926
DQ Mixed 1,007
755% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 144%
This bench: 186%
Great: 295%
Seagate Portable 2TB
998GB free
Firmware: 9300
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 122 127 123 121 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
61.6% Good
Read 89.8
Write 104
Mixed 77.4
SusWrite 125
73% 99.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.2
84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.9% Very good
MC Read 30
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 29.2
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 24.6
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 23.8
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 87.2
46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,325 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $539
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