Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '20 at 09:08
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 79.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 815 81% 659 Pts	64-Core 933 58% 933 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Lighting 73.2 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 90.8 60% 77.8 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 72.6 Splatting 57.3 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU800NS38 128GB 7,443 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427AC SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 395 395 400 400 268 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 393 Mixed 381 SusWrite 374 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.6 191% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 158 131% 184 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 174 177 179 176 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 173 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 177 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 219% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 86 88 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 90 Write 88.8 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 87.2 54% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 121% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3000 2x8GB 5,165 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 32.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 31 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 104%

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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	2,270x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,970x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $33Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16