Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	232% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	54.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 15:37
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 69.5 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 90% 171 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 1,006 96% 794 Pts	64-Core 1405 87% 1405 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 373C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 123 Parallax 138 106% 131 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 116 Splatting 103 105% 133 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$130 3,931 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 989GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1348 838 922 932 936 942 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 2,453 Mixed 1564 SusWrite 986 369% 1,629 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 55.6 208% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 1,170 DQ Write 981 DQ Mixed 1,037 788% 1,063 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 322%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 844GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 470 464 469 469 470 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 462 Mixed 453 SusWrite 462 106% 468 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 51.4 172% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 286 206% 267 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$242 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 6TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 143 146 146 146 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 757GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 63 64 73 76 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 19.5 Write 1.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 69.4 27% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 127% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 1,517 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.5% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 26.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 109%

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,257x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,961x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,078x
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: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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