Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	272% 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	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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 10:58
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 70.1 1-Core 152 2-Core 305 92% 176 Pts	4-Core 605 8-Core 1135 104% 870 Pts	64-Core 2,154 133% 2,154 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 109% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 1403 1403 1407 1398 1385 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,033 Write 1,372 Mixed 861 SusWrite 1,397 316% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 59.8 230% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 1,214 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 444 422% 684 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 283%
Adata Premier SP550 960GB-$109 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 619GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 461 204 81 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 438 Write 440 Mixed 331 SusWrite 225 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 40.7 141% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 232 197% 286 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 QVO 2TB-$200 28,979 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 492 492 492 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 490 Mixed 396 SusWrite 492 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 50.6 176% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 366 276% 370 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%
Toshiba HDWR11A 10TB 812 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3TB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 209 213 217 211 214 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 104 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 212 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 135%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 102 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 125 Write 106 Mixed 68 SusWrite 101 131% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8 4K Mixed 0.6 295% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x16GB 9,340 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 27.4 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 25.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 125%

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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	2,262x
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 $324Bench 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 $45Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

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 $45	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