Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% 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	26.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '24 at 17:41
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th 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 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 961 90% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,439 89% 1,439 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% EVGA(3842 4767) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 207 Parallax 198 170% 205 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 153 Splatting 132 128% 160 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 10 9 14 81 8 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.5% Poor	Read 189 Write 56.1 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 53.9 20% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 20.6 4K Mixed 10.8 50% 16.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.8 DQ Write 15.1 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 100%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 910GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 825 805 834 834 835 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 1,923 Mixed 1474 SusWrite 951 335% 1,485 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 78.1 274% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,268 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 1,114 840% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 276%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 167GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1531 836 660 627 557 486 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 1,568 Write 1,776 Mixed 1,454 SusWrite 783 314% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 75.2 257% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,252 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 1,084 819% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 276%
WD Elements SE SSD 1TB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 930GB free Firmware: 6002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 200 205 211 209 212 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 380 Write 339 Mixed 283 SusWrite 221 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 13.7 58% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 53.5 DQ Write 32.3 DQ Mixed 14.7 18% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 193 191 193 196 196 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 86.4 Write 71.1 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 191 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$68 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 31.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 33.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 111%

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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 3R 2G 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
22%	17%	35	216	59	60	31.5"	2560 1377	PHLC204 PHL 328E1

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,709x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,416x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	768x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	665x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	515x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	417x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $102Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	356x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	377x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	280x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	221x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16