Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.5% 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	224% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A AC (all builds)
Memory	18.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '24 at 00:45
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$134 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 70.1 1-Core 153 2-Core 299 92% 174 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 804 83% 666 Pts	64-Core 1021 63% 1021 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$255 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.12 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 148 Parallax 107 100% 126 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 101 Splatting 88.2 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1347 792 495 368 327 344 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,549 Write 1710 Mixed 1,363 SusWrite 612 294% 1,308 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 71.6 257% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 1,171 DQ Write 891 DQ Mixed 1,026 768% 1,029 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 276%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 273GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 447 355 316 319 320 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 471 Mixed 388 SusWrite 366 92% 405 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.6 147% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 352 263% 349 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 104%
Samsung 860 Evo 4TB-$372 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 2TB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 481 479 481 481 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 458 Mixed 445 SusWrite 480 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 61.9 208% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 371 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 2x16GB 9,031 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 25.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 24.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 125%

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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	50	15	144	31.5"	1280 720	GSM772A LG QHD

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 89%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A AC

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	310x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $134Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	248x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	247x

GPU
RX 5700-XTAMD $199Bench 98%, 254,908 samples	167x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	161x
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	103x

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	117x
SWORDFISH 1TBAdataBench 199%, 4,468 samples	93x

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	55x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16