Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.6% 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	247% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210319
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '21 at 09:47
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X-$151 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 91% 170 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 868 85% 698 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Lighting 33.5 Reflection 35.1 Parallax 33.1 27% 33.9 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 34.3 Splatting 23.7 25% 31.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1316 304 306 305 303 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,440 Write 1466 Mixed 1,242 SusWrite 474 311% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 63.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 75.8 265% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 961 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 873 656% 878 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 186GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 10,283 Write 6703 Mixed 7,654 1,820% 8,213 MB/s	4K Read 487 4K Write 300 4K Mixed 359 1,357% 382 MB/s	DQ Read 1225 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 985 756% 1,035 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 930GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 127 126 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 123 Write 115 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 125 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 68%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 464GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 87.6 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 89.9 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 129 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 124 Write 126 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 129 150% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 103% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43DB2-CTD 2x8GB 6,043 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 30.4 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 27.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 89%

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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 $151Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $139Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	147x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	73x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $66Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $520

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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