Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1824 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 09:57
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 70.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 774 75% 619 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 5,763 User benchmarks, average bench 28% EVGA(3842 6151) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 40.5 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 38.1 33% 36.6 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 31.6 27% 33.2 fps
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 30%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 444GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 382 374 399 401 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 468 Mixed 240 SusWrite 390 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 46.8 153% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 215 198% 304 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 466GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 448 451 446 449 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 454 Mixed 383 SusWrite 451 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 57.3 188% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 295 222% 296 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 636GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 72 73 74 74 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 73.4 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 123GB 2,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 110GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.5 5.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 6.7 Mixed 10.8 SusWrite 6.3 16% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 1.1 82% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 1x8GB 18,648 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.2% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 13 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 56%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	252x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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