Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics96.9% 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 Drive151% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200513
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateJun 10 '22 at 21:31
Run Duration215 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
Memory 82.7
1-Core 123
2-Core 246
84% 151 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 782
75% 618 Pts
64-Core 967
60% 967 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.59
Performing below potential (18th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.9% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 132
Parallax 133
98% 128 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 125
Splatting 111
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 96.9%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda 510 SSD ZP1000CM30001 1TB
281GB free (System drive)
Firmware: STPSC014
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1146 666 661 558 571 586 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 560
Write 2,362
Mixed 892
SusWrite 698
258% 1,128 MB/s
4K Read 32.8
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 44.4
159% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 977
DQ Write 672
DQ Mixed 798
603% 816 MB/s
Poor: 151%
This bench: 151%
Great: 296%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 140 141 142 141 140 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Read 141
Write 133
Mixed 62.1
SusWrite 140
87% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
176GB free
Firmware: CC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 100 100 101 100 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
75.4% Very good
Read 164
Write 140
Mixed 85.6
SusWrite 98.9
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
107% Outstanding
MC Read 43.4
MC Write 39.8
MC Mixed 34.6
112% 39.3 GB/s
SC Read 27.4
SC Write 36.5
SC Mixed 29
88% 31 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 107%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 99%
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Desktop
Desktop 101%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 107% - Outstanding Total price: $513
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