Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 112% UFO	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	241% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '21 at 05:09
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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-$185 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 176 2-Core 349 111% 207 Pts	4-Core 685 8-Core 1,220 115% 952 Pts	64-Core 1,614 100% 1,614 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$274 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3915 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 171 Parallax 155 118% 157 fps	MRender 148 Gravity 115 Splatting 98.8 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$85 58,572 User benchmarks, average bench 341% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 1077 1060 1056 1059 1067 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,483 Write 1,151 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 1,070 320% 1,448 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 61.6 222% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 51.5 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 570 326% 313 MB/s
Poor: 206% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 442%
Mushkin MKNSSDPE2TB-D8 2TB 2,217 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 1.5TB free Firmware: 42AAT7GD SusWrite @10s intervals: 1457 1113 1020 1020 1023 1021 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,420 Write 1,214 Mixed 1403 SusWrite 1,109 341% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 58.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 75 249% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 59.4 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 236 141% 147 MB/s
Poor: 187% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 382%
ST16000NM001G-2KK103 16TB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 6.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 209 211 213 212 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 250 Write 240 Mixed 115 SusWrite 212 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 1.1 55% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 3.6 DQ Write 14.8 DQ Mixed 2 4% 6.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 45%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 184 189 189 189 188 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 136 Write 7.2 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 0.8 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 178 Write 4.3 Mixed 7.8 SusWrite 0.8 34% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 93 75 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 71.4 SusWrite 89 88% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 114%
Seagate ST6000VN0021-1ZA17Z 6TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 104 93 75 82 82 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 117%
WD WD6001F4PZ-49CWHM0 6TB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 104 102 105 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 70 SusWrite 99.4 73% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 192% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
OLOY MD4U0836181BCWDA CL18-22-22 D4-3600 MD4U0836181BCWDA CL18-22-22 D4-3600 32GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 3600, 3600, 3600, 3600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 41.3 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 33.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 42.2 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $137Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	146x

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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $539

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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