Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 29 '24 at 00:54
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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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 3600-$89 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 697 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 809 50% 809 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Zotac(19DA 5543) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.5% Good	Lighting 87.8 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 76.8 72% 83.8 fps	MRender 64.1 Gravity 75.7 Splatting 68.2 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415020WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 187 73 154 124 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 300 Write 274 Mixed 140 SusWrite 140 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 23.8 123% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 258 183% 242 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 111%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 40GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,393 Write 1,456 Mixed 1,051 290% 1,300 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 59.3 209% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 999 DQ Write 607 DQ Mixed 775 585% 794 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 237%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 259GB free Firmware: 1002YAM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 96 97 98 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 91.1 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 95.1 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 61%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 155GB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 131 132 132 131 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 165 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 132 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
OLOY D4U0832161B 2x8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 29.5 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 25.4 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 91%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 9: 0P 1R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
9%	25%	12	163	7	60	21.5"	1280 720	HAT2150 Kamvas 22

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	311x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	251x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	248x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $250Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	167x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	162x
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	104x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 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	56x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $524

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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