Biostar B45M2

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	27.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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

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

Motherboard	Biostar B45M2 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191119
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 01:56
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 3500X-$160 33,544 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 71.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 281 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 817 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E411) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.1.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 107 Parallax 212 104% 149 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 125 Splatting 148 106% 127 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 480GB-$38 83,298 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.7 25 393 6.4 7.2 143 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 510 Write 458 Mixed 10 SusWrite 96.3 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.2 4% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 210 209 216 214 215 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 178 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 212 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 183% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 26.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 98.6 41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 109%

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

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Typical B45M2 Builds (Compare 89 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Biostar B45M2

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	22x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	18x
Ryzen 7 2700AMD $185Bench 74%, 123,820 samples	9x

GPU
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	12x
GTX 1660Nvidia $143Bench 68%, 230,793 samples	11x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	5x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	4x

RAM
Value DDR4 2666 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 80%, 4,888 samples	14x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	5x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $297

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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