Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '20 at 20:13
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 70.8 1-Core 122 2-Core 285 84% 159 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 804 82% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 79.1 65% 80.2 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 64.3 57% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 97 114 94 90 87 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 418 Write 144 Mixed 202 SusWrite 96 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 33.2 130% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 124 95% 128 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 82%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 93GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 255 262 249 267 251 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.3% Average	Read 200 Write 98.5 Mixed 82 SusWrite 256 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 11.1 47% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 135 81% 81.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 102%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 272GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 119 118 119 121 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 119 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 26.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 23.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 99.5 40% 99.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 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 $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 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: $360

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 $182	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) $30	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