Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	288% 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	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, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 04:05
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 67.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 86% 163 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 790 81% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(174B 2438) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (66 fps cap detected)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 66.1 Parallax 61 54% 64.5 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 61.4 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$83 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1498 1482 1472 482 822 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,755 Write 1543 Mixed 1,293 SusWrite 1,016 366% 1,652 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 69.7 237% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 950 719% 956 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 215 213 218 218 218 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 13,232 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 25.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 26.1 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 108%

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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 $152Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	636x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $118Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 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 $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	66x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
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: $550

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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