Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago, 18 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201203
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 5600X-$154 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 79.8 1-Core 155 2-Core 278 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 892 90% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3657) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 118 Parallax 122 106% 123 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 102 Splatting 88.4 88% 110 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP6512G 512GB 6,771 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,018 Write 1,359 Mixed 1,018 323% 1465 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 34 152% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 812 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 316 283% 446 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 270%
Kingston SA400S37960G 960GB 56,609 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 323GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 427 440 391 286 279 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 274 Write 106 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 374 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 12.1 56% 17.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.9 DQ Mixed 15 11% 15.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 191 194 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 167 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 192 104% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 28.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 28 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 80.9 49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 58: 9R 4G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
58%	74%	19	348	286	60	28.8"	2560 1080	GSM59F1 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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 $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: $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 $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