Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	178% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210118
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '21 at 18:50
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 291 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 733 77% 619 Pts	64-Core 749 46% 749 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1325 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.7.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.7 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 34.5 21% 30.3 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 22.2 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
NE-512 512GB 5,933 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0G SusWrite @10s intervals: 1107 653 637 795 640 392 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	178% Outstanding	Read 1,219 Write 29.5 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 704 109% 502 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 36.7 191% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 709 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 430 387% 588 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 178% Great: 264%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 104 102 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 106 Write 74.3 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 104 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 71GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 61 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 65.6 Write 57.1 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 59.2 38% 52.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 5GB free Firmware: 9300 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 84.6 Write 112 Mixed 63.8 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.7 203% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 66%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 280GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 48 49 49 49 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 35.4 Write 39.4 Mixed 19 SusWrite 47 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 102% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 94GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 97 98 95 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 83.8 Write 81.5 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 96.9 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 1x8GB 7,168 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 20.1 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 20 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	60	54.6"	1280 720	SAM0C26 SAMSUNG

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M DS3H

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,668x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,329x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $132Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	899x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	670x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	527x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	481x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	190x
SNV2S1000G 1TBKingstonBench 260%, 75,739 samples	144x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	138x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	417x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	256x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	223x

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Value: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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