Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.8% 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, 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 01:11
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.3 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 93% 172 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 815 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% Sapphire(1DA2 E387) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 107 62% 87.5 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 64.5 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS120G2G0B-00EPW0 120GB 30,897 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: UI450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 53 16 100 64 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 447 Write 296 Mixed 210 SusWrite 82.3 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 11.3 72% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 73.8 DQ Mixed 24.5 37% 70.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 52%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 0GB free Firmware: CC38 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 66.8 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 19% Great: 68%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 377GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 134 134 134 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 94.2 Write 91.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 134 63% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 362% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 110%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 400GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 93 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 19.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 90.5 46% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 52,667 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 32.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 32.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 103%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,266x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,968x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

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	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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