Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.8% 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	26.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '22 at 22:20
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 73.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 87% 163 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 927 91% 745 Pts	64-Core 1,410 87% 1,410 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 397D) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 472.88 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 111 Parallax 112 103% 117 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 81.6 84% 106 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 1TB SSD 7,281 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 110 113 111 113 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 384 Write 334 Mixed 358 SusWrite 114 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.4 16% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2x8GB 77,202 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $154Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $538

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 $46

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