Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	175% 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '24 at 21:42
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 5600G-$125 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 151 2-Core 278 90% 168 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 534 64% 494 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU) 140,621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 22.20.02 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 16.7 Parallax 26.1 16% 20.9 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 22.7 Splatting 20.3 16% 19 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$75 92,081 User benchmarks, average bench 224% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 301 37 50 41 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 1,067 Write 1011 Mixed 1,074 SusWrite 233 190% 846 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 72.2 239% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,099 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 960 723% 972 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 295%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 182 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 183GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 103 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 99.5 Write 101 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 102 113% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 45%
WD easystore 2648 4TB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free, PID 2648 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 93 94 92 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 75.3 Write 94.6 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 92.8 113% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.7 235% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.M4FE 2x8GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 19.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 94.8 42% 94.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 92%

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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	54	21	60	21.5"	1280 720	DELA115 DELL P2219H

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Gaming 99%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,670x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,331x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	900x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	670x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	527x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	483x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	190x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	146x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	418x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	256x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	223x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $533

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