Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '20 at 22:53
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 91.1 2-Core 164 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 435 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.8% Excellent	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 95.9 79% 96.8 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 87.6 87% 109 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 326 280 258 259 258 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 371 Write 341 Mixed 342 SusWrite 288 76% 336 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 46.5 4K Mixed 27.3 92% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 243 192% 267 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 121%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 138 133 130 129 131 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.8% Below average	Read 254 Write 160 Mixed 163 SusWrite 145 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 15.9 61% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 41.6 33% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 85%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 505GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 149 167 171 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 166 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 1400 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 30.8 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 106%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $323Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
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	252x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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