Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	122% 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	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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 12:58
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 3600X-$210 294,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 154 2-Core 303 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 809 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-ASM2NE2512GTTDR 512GB 5,250 User benchmarks, average bench 211% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 577 366 313 209 231 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 1,825 Mixed 318 SusWrite 348 154% 667 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 69.6 177% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 760 DQ Write 832 DQ Mixed 927 661% 840 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 290%
Pm9a1 NVMe Samsung 256GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 48GB free Firmware: 36302029 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,337 Write 2,286 Mixed 1750 473% 2,124 MB/s	4K Read 52.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 54.2 223% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 948 DQ Write 605 DQ Mixed 654 521% 736 MB/s
Poor: 139% Great: 339%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$109 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 593GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 466 466 469 460 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 463 Mixed 432 SusWrite 462 104% 459 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.3 175% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 372 280% 375 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 128%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 762GB free Firmware: AX003J SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 101 99 99 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 99.8 62% 84.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 263GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 178 178 177 177 182 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 126 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 178 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$65 38,251 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.3% Very good	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 19.8 MC Mixed 30.3 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 28.5 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 122%

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Gaming 124%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 113%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	689x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	471x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	394x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	270x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	267x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	199x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	97x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	87x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	74x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	93x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	61x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $593

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16