Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.4% 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	238% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221027
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '24 at 17:41
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 5600-$139 9,841 User benchmarks, average bench 93% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 84.1 1-Core 161 2-Core 315 100% 187 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 942 92% 754 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 8,299 User benchmarks, average bench 96% Asus(1043 88A8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 98 Parallax 117 104% 114 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 96.7 Splatting 85.1 73% 89.5 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lyte 512GB SSD 512GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 219GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.H.J.CB SusWrite @10s intervals: 949 883 924 925 912 896 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	238% Outstanding	Read 1,567 Write 940 Mixed 486 SusWrite 915 217% 977 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 59.9 247% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,096 DQ Write 912 DQ Mixed 921 712% 976 MB/s
Poor: 207% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 348%
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 370 372 372 370 370 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 226 Write 372 Mixed 259 SusWrite 370 70% 307 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 44.3 143% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 235 162% 200 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 885GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 153 153 169 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 165 Mixed 118 SusWrite 164 112% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 109%
WD Game Drive 2TB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 2630 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 113 115 115 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 105 Write 98.1 Mixed 77 SusWrite 113 133% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 0.5 332% 3.43 MB/s	DQ Read 0.3 DQ Write 9.9 DQ Mixed 0.3 348% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$56 86,372 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 37 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 30.3 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 36.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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 42: 0P 3R 4G 15B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
42%	29%	76	215	57	180	27"	1280 720	ACR0A91 ED270R M

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Gaming 99%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 101%

UFO

Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	640x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	433x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	232x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	180x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	149x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $75Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	99x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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