Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 03:32
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3400G-$101 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 195 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 638 62% 510 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 87% 108 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 333 403 415 419 406 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 442 Mixed 294 SusWrite 381 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 44 167% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 262 220% 318 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 86GB free Firmware: UE5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 144 88 88 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 449 Write 277 Mixed 296 SusWrite 122 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 18.8 79% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 84.7 DQ Mixed 42.1 48% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%
Starwind RAM DISK 4GB 4GB free Firmware: 0001 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 6,897 Write 6527 Mixed 6641 1,494% 6,688 MB/s	4K Read 580 4K Write 459 4K Mixed 506 1,770% 515 MB/s	DQ Read 1,693 DQ Write 1,310 DQ Mixed 1,394 1,072% 1,466 MB/s

Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 861GB free Firmware: JP4OA41A SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 118 131 132 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 137 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 126 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2933 C16 2x8GB 3,326 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 29 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 105%

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $149Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 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: $533

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