Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.57% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	280% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 01:39
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 83.5 1-Core 149 2-Core 289 94% 174 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 803 84% 672 Pts	64-Core 1,057 65% 1,057 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1450) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 902 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.57% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 8.34 8% 10 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 11.2 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.57% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 304GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 834 595 627 621 613 613 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,521 Write 2,344 Mixed 1,627 SusWrite 650 398% 1,786 MB/s	4K Read 64.6 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 90.6 303% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,118 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 1,037 772% 1,027 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 746GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 491 490 490 492 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 490 Mixed 302 SusWrite 491 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 40.8 166% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 190 186% 294 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%
Adata Ultimate SU800 2TB-$668 2,601 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 241GB free Firmware: R0427A SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 483 483 485 486 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 482 Mixed 412 SusWrite 484 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 56.7 188% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 313 254% 358 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 127%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 733GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 77 66 63 54 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 188 Write 154 Mixed 92.9 SusWrite 70.9 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 247% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 37.9 96% 33.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 37.8 83% 29 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 135%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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 $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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