Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 01:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 190 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 774 74% 612 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 117 91% 114 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 81.4 84% 106 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 03090004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 72 76 11 22 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 428 Write 89.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 73.8 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 9.4 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 34 86% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 79.8 DQ Mixed 9.2 35% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 91%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 292GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 85 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 88.8 Mixed 57 SusWrite 86.3 60% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free Firmware: CC35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 75 75 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 64 SusWrite 75 64% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 70%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 11GB free, PID 0186 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.4 8% 7.12 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 16.1 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 50.5% 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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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