Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76.1% 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 Drive224% 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210202
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 09 '21 at 19:49
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X-$201
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 80.2
1-Core 145
2-Core 290
92% 171 Pts
4-Core 549
8-Core 1,012
93% 780 Pts
64-Core 1,458
90% 1,458 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 112%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240
Nvidia(10DE 21C4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3900 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
76.1% Very good
Lighting 94.3
Reflection 95.2
Parallax 87.3
77% 92.3 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 83.4
Splatting 75.3
75% 94 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45
385GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR033 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1050 1058 1040 1018 1069 1071 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
224% Outstanding
Read 1,049
Write 1,046
Mixed 987
SusWrite 1051
233% 1,033 MB/s
4K Read 55.1
4K Write 199
4K Mixed 77.9
288% 111 MB/s
DQ Read 389
DQ Write 943
DQ Mixed 506
432% 613 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 224%
Great: 253%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29
116GB free
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 159 171 76 77 75 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 514
Write 463
Mixed 435
SusWrite 170
88% 395 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 33.3
163% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 245
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 48.7
106% 213 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
466GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 128 129 130 129 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 126
Write 127
Mixed 68.7
SusWrite 129
82% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 1
177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 73%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
69.1% Good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 26.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 24.9
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 26.9
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI) Builds (Compare 3,322 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 101%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $538
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