Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201021
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '21 at 08:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 76.3 1-Core 151 2-Core 297 93% 175 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 933 90% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,325 82% 1,325 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372C) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 35 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 35 28% 34.1 fps	Gravity 31.6 Splatting 3.8 14% 17.7 fps
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 28GB free Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,999 Write 2,160 Mixed 1,752 440% 1,970 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.4 215% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 844 630% 838 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 515GB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABS0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 92 82 95 87 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 89.8 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 216GB free Firmware: V5DOA52A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 61 62 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 25 SusWrite 61.9 30% 41 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 35%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 40 35 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 158 Write 39.8 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 24.8 76% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 3.4 212% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4WL.M8FE1 2x8GB 502 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 25.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 107%

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Gaming 142%

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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 $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,708x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $200Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,412x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $249Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	767x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	663x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	616x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	514x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	416x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	376x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	278x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	221x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $707

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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