Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	151% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210407
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 09:38
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$201 128,080 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 75.7 1-Core 165 2-Core 326 100% 189 Pts	4-Core 630 8-Core 1,085 104% 858 Pts	64-Core 1,545 96% 1,545 Pts
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 112%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% MSI(1462 3908) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	151% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 210 Parallax 200 180% 210 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 157 Splatting 137 132% 165 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$98 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 191 193 195 195 195 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	95.8% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 194 Mixed 202 SusWrite 193 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 66.4 212% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 364 229% 256 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 488%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 185GB free Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 465 469 478 396 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 478 Mixed 425 SusWrite 444 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.8 180% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 277 233% 337 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 4400 C19 Series 4x8GB 1,495 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 26.8 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 25.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 28.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 89 45% 89 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 146%

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

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Gaming 142%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 130%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $155Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	1,704x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD $201Bench 98%, 128,080 samples	1,411x
Ryzen 9 5900XAMD $250Bench 99%, 60,132 samples	767x

GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	662x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	613x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	514x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	415x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $79Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	359x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	354x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	376x
CMH32GX4M2D3600C18 2x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 38,830 samples	279x
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	219x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $694

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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