Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.9% 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	49.5% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 630 61% 503 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 98.4 0% 56.6 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 57.9 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 124 48 46 52 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 481 Write 256 Mixed 324 SusWrite 88.6 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 1.7 55% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 163 142% 206 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 103 103 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 98.3 Mixed 68 SusWrite 102 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 79%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 930GB free Firmware: NSG1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 211 217 216 181 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 136 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 204 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GF2400C16N2 2x8GB 467 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 26.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 94.1 42% 94.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,963x
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 $240Bench 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: $358

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 $184	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) $35	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