Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180824
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateNov 12 '19 at 00:15
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Memory 79.5
1-Core 125
2-Core 246
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 950
86% 721 Pts
64-Core 1,289
80% 1,289 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing below potential (63rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 131
Reflection 125
Parallax 127
107% 127 fps
MRender 177
Gravity 125
Splatting 100
106% 134 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35
42GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 93 3.8 89 111 86 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
42.8% Average
Read 457
Write 326
Mixed 238
SusWrite 98.1
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 22.9
4K Write 28.4
4K Mixed 5.9
57% 19.1 MB/s
DQ Read 29.6
DQ Write 79.2
DQ Mixed 7.1
19% 38.6 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
671GB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 171 174 174 173 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Read 135
Write 132
Mixed 78.7
SusWrite 171
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
90.8% Outstanding
MC Read 36.8
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 29.2
94% 32.8 GB/s
SC Read 23.1
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26.4
80% 27.9 GB/s
Latency 81.5
49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 90.8%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,447 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $359
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