Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	16.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	170% 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 (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '24 at 23:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G-$119 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 67.4 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 96% 185 Pts	4-Core 649 8-Core 937 99% 793 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 8809) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 24.1.1 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 26.7 16% 21.7 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 20.6 15% 18.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg30zmv512g TOSHIBA 512GB 10,256 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: ADHA0102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 680 718 673 712 711 692 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 930 Write 656 Mixed 757 SusWrite 698 171% 760 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 60.5 199% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 491 398% 582 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 166%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 793GB free Firmware: MS2OA8L0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 150 151 161 158 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 175 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 156 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 107%
WD WD40EDAZ-11SLVB0 4TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 184 185 183 185 184 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3B1 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 21.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 20.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 82%

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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	68	55	60	27.6"	1280 720	DELA0E9 DELL U2718Q

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	312x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	253x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	249x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	168x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	162x
RX 6600-XTAMD $300Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	104x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	165x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	118x
SWORDFISH 1TBAdataBench 199%, 4,468 samples	94x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	67x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	66x
BL8G30C15U4R.M8FE1 2x8GBCrucialBench 84%, 2,061 samples	57x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $599

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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