Asus PRIME B550M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B550M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200701
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '21 at 20:07
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th 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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 66.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 275 82% 156 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 677 65% 538 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% XFX(1682 5701) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.6.2 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 143 Parallax 183 99% 149 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 126 Splatting 98.3 91% 113 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKJ1A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 157 86 47 83 44 MB/s Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	66.9% Good	Read 182 Write 106 Mixed 269 SusWrite 115 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 40.7 123% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 215 188% 275 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 102%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 675GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 355 355 361 356 360 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 298 Write 361 Mixed 322 SusWrite 360 76% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 99.4 4K Mixed 48.5 156% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 153 167% 282 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.1% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 25.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 22 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	165	23.8"	1280 720	DELA0E7 Dell S2417DG

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B550M-A

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $153Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	635x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	431x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	204x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	231x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	179x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	146x

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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	97x
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 89%, 34,561 samples	60x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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