Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	21.1% 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	227% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190821
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '19 at 07:07
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 872 89% 721 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1275 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 23.8 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 28.1 19% 27.7 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 35.1 24% 29 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1006 744 741 748 747 745 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,245 Write 1,313 Mixed 1,249 SusWrite 788 259% 1,149 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 74.2 264% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,072 DQ Write 1,058 DQ Mixed 1,055 795% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 228%
Mengmi 120GB 120GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 70GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 143 143 143 144 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 415 Mixed 417 SusWrite 173 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51 178% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 99.9 137% 251 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 190GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 100 Write 95 Mixed 60.9 SusWrite 103 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 37GB free Firmware: 3.CHH SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 30.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 55.4 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Mushkin MR[A/B]4U320GJJM8G 2x8GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 34.7 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 26.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 35.2 82% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 105%

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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	2,265x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,966x
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 $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	341x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 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 $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 $178	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