Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.8% 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	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200429
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 12:20
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 87.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 96% 177 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 836 86% 691 Pts	64-Core 1,252 78% 1,252 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 103 Parallax 116 91% 110 fps	MRender 166 Gravity 103 Splatting 95.8 96% 121 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 228 207 196 194 183 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 238 Mixed 233 SusWrite 209 65% 294 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 40.3 162% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 223 190% 281 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 183 192 192 192 191 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 124 Write 154 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 189 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 82% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 782GB free Firmware: MS2OA650 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 168 163 161 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 178 Mixed 37.6 SusWrite 160 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 99%
Generic MassStorageClass 32GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 17GB free, PID 0745 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 34 34 34 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.3% Poor	Read 34.2 Write 33.4 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 33.7 44% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.9 240% 4.37 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.3% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 2,853 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 34.6 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 33.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 115%

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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 $132Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	180x
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 $75Bench 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	99x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	78x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	61x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $521

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16