Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	32.6% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200714
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 02:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 1600AF-$97 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 661 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 63 39 57 32 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 444 Write 284 Mixed 240 SusWrite 70.9 58% 260 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 3.8 38% 8.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 55%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 113GB free Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 483 484 483 484 472 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 370 Write 32.5 Mixed 393 SusWrite 480 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 35.5 124% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 372 DQ Mixed 211 196% 302 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 97%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 51GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,482 Write 2,253 Mixed 1,628 471% 2,121 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 74.6 243% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 674 DQ Mixed 861 629% 826 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 215GB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 118 118 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 157 Write 114 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 118 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	252x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $358

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