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Great effort! This represents a significant improvement. For those aiming to match this change—especially if your setup is mainly for gaming—consider the Ryzen 5 5600. While it shares the Zen3 architecture with the 5500, it offers only 16MB L3 cache compared to the 32MB on the 5600, making it more suitable for gaming than the 3600. It may still lag slightly in IPC but will provide better performance overall. The PCIe4 support is a plus for future upgrades, though it could be limiting for certain GPUs or storage solutions like the RX6500XT. In most cases, the 5500 will outperform the 3600 and come close to the 5600. It will also surpass the A10 7700K, which has much less cache and higher power consumption. I try to avoid harsh judgments on older systems, but the AM4 era is something AMD might overlook. Welcome to the AM4 community!
RE: the future upgrade plans - M.2 is great, but won't make any difference for gaming. Be careful not to overspend as you will be restricted to PCIe3 speeds, but still compatible with PCIe4, so go for that if the prices are similar. RX570 sits between a GTX1050Ti and GTX1060, so you should be fine for most 1080P gaming now... I think you should hold out for at least a GTX1660Super, which will be nearly 50% faster and come with some nice extra features... a RX5600XT would be a slightly bigger step up and the RX6600 is currently the bang for buck king (and roughly double the performance of the RX570), but Don't be tempted by the RTX4060 or RX6500XT as they have reduced PCIe lanes and need PCIe4 to avoid being bottlenecked.