Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive197% 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200518
Uptime2 Days
Run DateJan 27 '21 at 11:28
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$82
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Memory 82.6
1-Core 148
2-Core 295
95% 175 Pts
4-Core 580
8-Core 822
88% 701 Pts
64-Core 1062
66% 1062 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Lighting 92.1
Reflection 90.4
Parallax 85
75% 89.2 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 81
Splatting 72.8
71% 89.1 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Gigabyte GP-GSM2NE3512GNTD 512GB
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EDFM60.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 327 329 324 329 328 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
197% Outstanding
Read 1,219
Write 963
Mixed 1,286
SusWrite 341
213% 952 MB/s
4K Read 53.8
4K Write 196
4K Mixed 80.2
288% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 740
DQ Write 1,012
DQ Mixed 896
671% 882 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 197%
Great: 239%
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-000L2 128GB
114GB free
Firmware: 5L0QBXV7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 151 151 151 150 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 695
Write 155
Mixed 200
SusWrite 151
65% 300 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 34.5
185% 74.3 MB/s
DQ Read 561
DQ Write 155
DQ Mixed 229
202% 315 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 108%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
MC Read 32
MC Write 24
MC Mixed 33.2
85% 29.7 GB/s
SC Read 25.1
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 32.8
78% 27.3 GB/s
Latency 75.9
53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B550M AORUS ELITE Builds (Compare 3,749 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 102%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M AORUS ELITE

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $425
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