Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 16:15
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 2600X-$175 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 121 2-Core 249 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 746 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 88.9 58% 76.7 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 58.3 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 459 464 466 465 465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 461 Mixed 443 SusWrite 462 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 89.8 4K Mixed 52.7 170% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 273 230% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 210GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 146 144 133 136 148 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 142 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 499GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 105 106 108 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 106 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 68%
Maxtor 7 L320S0 324GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 144GB free, PID 2351 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.6 6.6 6.6 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	8.26% Terrible	Read 35.3 Write 6.2 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 6.6 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.26% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 29.3 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 102%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,297x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,989x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	750x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,094x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	652x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	602x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $58Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	277x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	220x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	575x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	446x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	257x

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Total price: $353

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