Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190425
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 07:23
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 717 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 946 58% 946 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 448 429 439 440 377 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 448 Mixed 428 SusWrite 400 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 46.9 151% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 251 194% 265 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 123%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 45GB free Firmware: AM0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 77 82 82 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 77.5 Write 73.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 81.4 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 60%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 111 107 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 108 Write 44.3 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 110 54% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 67% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%
WD Elements SE 25FE 1TB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 167GB free, PID 25fe Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 68 69 68 69 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 83.8 Write 65.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 68.5 93% 70 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 114% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 26.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 104%

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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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Workstation 46%

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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	1,964x
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 $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