Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	246% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 06:50
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 745 73% 597 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2888) 3GB CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 85.7 57% 74.6 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 80.7 Splatting 50.1 55% 69.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 106GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 134 86 86 85 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 488 Write 411 Mixed 381 SusWrite 122 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 22 113% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 33.3 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 78%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1126 879 880 880 881 867 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 2,328 Mixed 1846 SusWrite 919 425% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 71.4 231% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 398 296% 393 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 355%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 172GB free Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 179 167 192 168 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 478 Write 432 Mixed 388 SusWrite 195 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 21.7 105% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 34.6 87% 178 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 608GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 158 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 154 Mixed 84 SusWrite 158 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 36.4 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 41.6 SC Mixed 31.1 96% 33.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $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	252x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

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 $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