Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 60.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	12.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 06:22
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 242 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 400 38% 312 Pts	64-Core 1189 74% 1189 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 3799) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 14.3 13% 14.3 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 16.9 Splatting 18.3 12% 13.7 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 449GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 66 59 61 98 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 152 Mixed 88.4 SusWrite 73.6 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 520GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 160 157 162 157 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 134 Write 32.7 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 160 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 147 155 147 148 157 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 106 Write 118 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 145 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x4GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 28.6 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 108%

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

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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	2,264x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

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 $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
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	253x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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