Asus PRIME B550M-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	88.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-K (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 17:27
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BHR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$175 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 89.4 1-Core 165 2-Core 326 104% 194 Pts	4-Core 643 8-Core 1,153 108% 898 Pts	64-Core 1,586 98% 1,586 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8537) 2GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 460.79 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 41.7 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 39.8 34% 42.1 fps	Gravity 39.5 Splatting 34.9 33% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 12 8GB SSD 58 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: V3.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 425 430 434 435 290 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 390 Mixed 334 SusWrite 407 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 19.4 125% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 26.2 62% 127 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 170 177 181 180 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 110 Write 124 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 177 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 32.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 30.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 35.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

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

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	779x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	347x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $133Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	301x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	329x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	255x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	190x

SSD
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	81x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	61x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	59x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	136x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	124x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $402

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16