Asus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics0.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive101% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B550M-A (WI-FI)  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200701
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 07 '21 at 05:08
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 75.6
1-Core 141
2-Core 262
87% 159 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 821
81% 661 Pts
64-Core 1,049
65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 6800
Nvidia(10DE 0245) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 309.08
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
0.27% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 1.2
Parallax 0.2
0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.27%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$475
495GB free
Firmware: 4PC10362
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 36% Great: 55%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 319 313 312 314 312 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
101% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 315
Mixed 300
SusWrite 324
79% 355 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 38.2
151% 58.6 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 264
221% 320 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 101%
Great: 133%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 116 116 115 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 107
Write 90.6
Mixed 66.3
SusWrite 114
70% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
81.2% Excellent
MC Read 33.1
MC Write 22.5
MC Mixed 31.7
83% 29.1 GB/s
SC Read 23.3
SC Write 21.8
SC Mixed 31.9
73% 25.7 GB/s
Latency 89.2
45% 89.2 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 108%

 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 3,327 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: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $539
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