Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	243% 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 (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '23 at 03:32
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 273 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 937 88% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,356 84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$488 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Zotac(19DA 2617) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.23 Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	146% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 204 Parallax 194 173% 203 fps	MRender 191 Gravity 152 Splatting 135 128% 159 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 158%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1357 830 519 423 413 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 1587 Write 1,774 Mixed 1,338 SusWrite 656 301% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 76.7 278% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,419 DQ Write 1012 DQ Mixed 1,180 891% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 276%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hewlett-Packard 7EH74AA# 2x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	90% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 35.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 35 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	100	34"	1280 720	MSI3DB6 MSI MAG342CQR

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Desktop 101%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	639x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	433x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $488Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	149x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $517

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16