Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 21:34
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 96 2-Core 195 68% 122 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 707 65% 546 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 67.7 Reflection 66.6 Parallax 58.7 55% 64.3 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 68.9 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.6 112 137 115 68 125 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.1% Poor	Read 122 Write 263 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 94 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 17.5 37% 9.97 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 752GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 188 188 190 185 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 192 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 187 119% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 1x8GB 2,742 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 13.6 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 47%

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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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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,276x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,974x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 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	571x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	443x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16