Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190912
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '20 at 08:41
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 662 72% 568 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 876B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.10.16 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 17.5 Parallax 27.3 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 21.3 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$15 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900210 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 196 274 216 219 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 315 Write 96.3 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 241 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 38.8 4K Mixed 17.5 70% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 76.9 53% 65.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 87%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 54GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 315 314 315 316 315 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 489 Mixed 465 SusWrite 337 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 55.3 184% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 129%
Hitachi HTS541010B7E610 1TB 40,802 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 824GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 101 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 132 Write 106 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 101 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.3 166% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 72%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 507GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 140 141 143 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 149 Mixed 111 SusWrite 142 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba MK1637GSX 160GB-$4 1,633 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 149GB free Firmware: DL030M SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 34.6 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 42.5 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 24%
Monster MONSTER DIGITAL 4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 3GB free, PID 4100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 3.4 1.5 2.7 3.7 3.3 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	5.5% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 10.3 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 2.8 10% 9.1 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.5% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 104%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,279x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,978x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	255x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16