Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	354% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '20 at 02:35
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 81 1-Core 154 2-Core 304 96% 180 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 1,023 92% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,464 91% 1,464 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 105 Parallax 120 88% 111 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 103 Splatting 82.3 85% 107 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1622 1618 1598 1358 1338 1374 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	354% Outstanding	Read 2,690 Write 2,524 Mixed 1,947 SusWrite 1,485 485% 2,161 MB/s	4K Read 66.6 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 96.2 322% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,372 DQ Write 1,151 DQ Mixed 1,240 935% 1,254 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 354% Great: 410%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 299GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 80 2.2 81 33 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 461 Write 271 Mixed 282 SusWrite 66.6 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 15.3 75% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 96.7 DQ Mixed 28.8 43% 80.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 58%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 128 128 131 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 101 Write 126 Mixed 72 SusWrite 129 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 204% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 20.3 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%

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

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Desktop 87%

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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	2,273x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	738x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,082x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 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	570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16