Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 months ago, 2 months ago, 1 month ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	21.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221027
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '24 at 17:52
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 78.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 270 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 822 80% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,038 64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 24.2.1 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 194 Parallax 196 97% 170 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 131 Splatting 97 92% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 256GB 256GB 9,229 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.3.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 91 105 107 122 103 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 397 Write 254 Mixed 260 SusWrite 111 57% 256 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 26.7 122% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 78.3 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 94.9 87% 129 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 166%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$32 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 583GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 149 151 167 161 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 183 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 162 97% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 107%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$31 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 144GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 93 95 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.4 Mixed 58.3 SusWrite 93.8 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$63 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 32.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 31.8 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84% 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 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	70	58	165	23.6"	1280 720	HKC2401 24E6C

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $120Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	644x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	437x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $119Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	205x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	181x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	151x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $149Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	100x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $575

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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