Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.6% 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	197% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 13:17
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 73.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 228 74% 136 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 562 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 876B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.1 Reflection 17 Parallax 25.7 16% 20.9 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 21.2 Splatting 20.3 14% 16.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 12,504 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001b31 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 958 1030 559 442 449 458 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,016 Mixed 845 SusWrite 649 244% 1,101 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.4 191% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 706 DQ Mixed 458 361% 486 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 244%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 169GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 289 288 290 290 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 479 Mixed 408 SusWrite 306 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 51.8 178% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 364 275% 369 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 837GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 202 201 203 203 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 151 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 200 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 7GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 106 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 62.7 Write 63.1 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 107 50% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 70%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 4TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 46GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 177 172 179 179 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 177 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 273GB free Firmware: 0104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 105 105 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 105 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 69%
Verbatim Desktop HDD 3.0 4TB 209 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 826GB free, PID 0415 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 124 124 126 127 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 132 Mixed 109 SusWrite 124 163% 116 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 204% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 77%
Seagate D3 Station 3TB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 619GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 201 200 203 204 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 162 Write 125 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 200 190% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 79%
Seagate D3 Station 4TB 146 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 716GB free, PID 6125 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 129 131 132 132 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 126 Write 148 Mixed 110 SusWrite 130 177% 128 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 72%
WD Elements 25A1 3TB 4,338 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 100 103 103 102 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 103 Write 93 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 102 119% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 38% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 62%
Samsung D3 Station 3TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 375GB free, PID 6124 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 190 186 197 197 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 132 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 191 176% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 7.1 4K Mixed 0.8 270% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 87,241 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 93 43% 93 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 102%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,267x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,968x
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	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
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 $40Bench 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: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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