Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 158% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 147% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	171% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	229% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '21 at 03:13
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 82.5 1-Core 153 2-Core 304 97% 180 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 883 89% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$600 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Gigabyte(1458 408F) CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 4850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Lighting 257 Reflection 229 Parallax 246 209% 244 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 169 Splatting 139 149% 190 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 744 507 436 435 436 436 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,594 Write 1,637 Mixed 1,306 SusWrite 499 282% 1,259 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 196 4K Mixed 80.9 290% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,258 DQ Write 788 DQ Mixed 974 739% 1,007 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 237%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 876GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 104 105 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 104 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 104 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 200 201 200 200 202 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 115 Write 126 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 193 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 34.5 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 33.9 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 35.1 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $95Bench 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	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $534

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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