Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

9 months ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2 (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211101
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '24 at 22:47
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 5600X-$129 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 74.5 1-Core 170 2-Core 317 99% 187 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 926 97% 776 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.8% Good	Lighting 86.4 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 79.8 70% 84.3 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 74.8 Splatting 69 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 52,084 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 526 68 63 58 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 264 Write 440 Mixed 124 SusWrite 170 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 7.7 49% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 210 162% 231 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 299%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 178GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 5.6 4.2 2.8 3.9 4.7 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 75%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 400GB free Firmware: GKAOA9DA SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 27 31 33 23 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 46%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 151GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.4 9.4 9.7 8.7 8.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 75%
HDD 1TB 72 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 931GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 117 117 119 118 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 130 Write 116 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 117 148% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 0.7 261% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 66%
HDD 250GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 195GB free, PID 2551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 12 13 12 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 14% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C18 Series 2x8GB 1,817 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.2% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 23.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 113%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 0P 2R 3G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	16%	50	217	58	75	31.5"	1280 720	VSCE635 VX3276-QHD

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,081x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	670x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	275x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	332x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	309x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	302x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	206x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	180x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	137x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	107x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 86,372 samples	68x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16