Gigabyte GA-B550M GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	157% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B550M GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201029
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 06:57
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 68 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 84% 157 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 824 80% 659 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% PowerColor(148C 2412) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 173 Parallax 170 92% 152 fps	MRender 170 Gravity 116 Splatting 144 117% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 765 543 542 544 544 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,273 Write 1,190 Mixed 554 SusWrite 511 197% 882 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 49.5 178% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 568 DQ Mixed 324 278% 400 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.9% Above average	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 23.1 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 23%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B550M GAMING

CPU
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $115Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	67x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	59x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	35x

GPU
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	25x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	21x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	18x

SSD
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $38Bench 179%, 78,255 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	8x
P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBCrucial $73Bench 212%, 171,271 samples	8x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBUnknownBench 85%, 99,207 samples	14x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	10x

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Value: 112% - Outstanding

Total price: $153

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16