Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '21 at 22:11
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 284 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 818 77% 640 Pts	64-Core 948 59% 948 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Sapphire(1DA2 E426) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 120 Parallax 173 91% 135 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 114 Splatting 82.5 79% 98 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11130101 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,719 Write 2,067 Mixed 1,495 394% 1,760 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 72.5 260% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,062 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 397 392% 643 MB/s
Poor: 76% Great: 228%
Sandisk SD7SB2Q512G 512GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 298GB free Firmware: X2150000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 439 437 444 438 442 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 428 Mixed 262 SusWrite 439 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 37 144% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 136 156% 268 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WDC PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GB 6,246 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 238GB free Firmware: 11110101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 495 494 494 495 495 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,676 Write 1,894 Mixed 1,461 SusWrite 535 312% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 69 242% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 1,100 DQ Mixed 904 728% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 228%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 37 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.6 SC Write 26 SC Mixed 34.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 116%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $142Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $511

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 $40	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