Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '20 at 15:33
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 13%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 3700X How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (25th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X-$295
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Memory 70.7
1-Core 133
2-Core 260
83% 154 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 819
76% 636 Pts
64-Core 1,424
88% 1,424 Pts
Poor: 78%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
110% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 136
Parallax 146
116% 142 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 123
Splatting 101
105% 133 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 110%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HFS128G39TND-N210A 128GB
4GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 30200P10
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 465
Write 131
Mixed 115
51% 237 MB/s
4K Read 27.2
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 20.7
87% 27.9 MB/s
DQ Read 211
DQ Write 99.5
DQ Mixed 77.5
78% 129 MB/s
Poor: 48% Great: 70%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
109GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8K0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 156 160 148 175 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
97.8% Outstanding
Read 181
Write 144
Mixed 21.2
SusWrite 160
91% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.5
132% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 97.8%
Great: 107%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3.5TB
443GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 74 85 83 83 68 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
25.7% Poor
Read 8.7
Write 53
Mixed 10.5
SusWrite 80.9
28% 38.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 25.7%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
62% Good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 17.2
MC Mixed 25.3
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 19.1
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 99.7
40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 62%
Great: 86%

 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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