Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191113
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJul 11 '20 at 08:59
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Memory 71.3
1-Core 120
2-Core 235
78% 142 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 829
76% 638 Pts
64-Core 1192
74% 1192 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 148
Reflection 137
Parallax 144
120% 143 fps
MRender 173
Gravity 120
Splatting 103
104% 132 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 112%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB
200GB free
Firmware: UF2204RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 144 153 140 151 142 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
55.2% Above average
Read 456
Write 392
Mixed 315
SusWrite 175
75% 335 MB/s
4K Read 17.2
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 16
71% 26.3 MB/s
DQ Read 119
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 32.2
46% 85.3 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$83
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 132 133 148 157 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 160
Write 153
Mixed 69.2
SusWrite 122
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.1
79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
67.5% Good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.4
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 17.8
SC Mixed 24.9
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 98.4
41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 103%

 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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