Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190912
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '20 at 16:25
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 11%
Watch Gameplay: 5700-XT + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 76.1
1-Core 115
2-Core 226
77% 139 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 680
70% 564 Pts
64-Core 904
56% 904 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 117
Parallax 0.06
112% 84.9 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 136
Splatting 161
115% 137 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 111%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SBFK71E0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 52 24 75 12 101 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
39% Below average
Read 376
Write 296
Mixed 288
SusWrite 67.6
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 25.2
4K Mixed 3.6
60% 18.8 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 29.1
DQ Mixed 28.7
34% 63 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 39%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32
143GB free
Firmware: JC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 98 97 99 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
56.5% Above average
Read 100
Write 95.2
Mixed 63
SusWrite 96.5
65% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1
166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 56.5%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.6% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 26
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 20.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 23.5
68% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 88.2
45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,454 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: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $364
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