Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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 Drive	305% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 74.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 305 94% 177 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1,172 105% 887 Pts	64-Core 2,143 133% 2,143 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	134% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 180 Parallax 188 151% 184 fps	MRender 200 Gravity 160 Splatting 112 124% 157 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2107 612 613 612 612 611 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,547 Write 2,250 Mixed 1,647 SusWrite 861 408% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 65 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 91.6 306% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,338 DQ Write 1,147 DQ Mixed 1,230 925% 1,239 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 929GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 199 199 200 200 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 194 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 200 123% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFS8266.C8FB 2x16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.7 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 29.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 91.9 44% 91.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,257x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,961x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,079x
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: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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