Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 97%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive41.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190307
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 25 '20 at 10:25
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 76%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Memory 75.8
1-Core 119
2-Core 233
78% 142 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 766
73% 605 Pts
64-Core 1,224
76% 1,224 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 159
Parallax 167
138% 165 fps
MRender 177
Gravity 147
Splatting 105
113% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$35
61GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF450000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 62 92 110 5.3 24 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
41.8% Average
Read 412
Write 300
Mixed 256
SusWrite 79.9
58% 262 MB/s
4K Read 14.6
4K Write 17.8
4K Mixed 16.6
53% 16.3 MB/s
DQ Read 99.7
DQ Write 72.3
DQ Mixed 32
38% 68 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 41.8%
Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 128 138 136 134 136 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Read 131
Write 154
Mixed 72.3
SusWrite 135
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 106%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
3TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 171 173 173 175 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 155
Mixed 104
SusWrite 172
113% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.1
215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 102%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 DDR4 2666 2OZ Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.9% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 23.5
66% 23.1 GB/s
SC Read 20
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 22
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 88.8
45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,448 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $359
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