Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.1% 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	252% 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

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220225
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '22 at 20:38
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 84% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 836 79% 657 Pts	64-Core 1,062 66% 1,062 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 41.4 36% 43.8 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 41.5 Splatting 35.9 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1121 638 634 647 663 651 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,029 Write 2,303 Mixed 1785 SusWrite 726 384% 1,711 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 77.1 269% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 1,236 DQ Write 722 DQ Mixed 931 706% 963 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 266GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 166 158 166 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 82.9 Mixed 47.4 SusWrite 162 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 98% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 88%
Lio-org FILEIO 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 2TB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 75 81 81 81 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 56.2 Mixed 93.6 SusWrite 79.9 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 5 792% 4.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$39 32,187 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 110%

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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 $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	638x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	432x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $133Bench 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 $500Bench 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 $74Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $483

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16