Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.4% 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	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 19:05
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 79% 142 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 688 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.4% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 106 Parallax 96.2 77% 98.8 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 97 Splatting 95.2 78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 424 434 441 437 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 466 Write 424 Mixed 343 SusWrite 427 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 21.4 116% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 29.9 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 91%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 27GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 8.9 9.3 10 10 11 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	13.3% Very poor	Read 32.3 Write 11 Mixed 16 SusWrite 9.4 20% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 3.9 216% 4.93 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.3% Great: 18%
Maxtor 3200 500GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 371GB free, PID 3200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	6.64% Terrible	Read 17 Write 16.2 Mixed 15.4 SusWrite 16.1 22% 16.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 14% 0.2 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.64% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH16GX4M2D3600C18 2x8GB 7,651 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 26.3 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 122%

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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 $129Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,710x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $175Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,418x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $260Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	769x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	666x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	516x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	418x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	357x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	378x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	280x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	222x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $683

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16