Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	45.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 02:21
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 83.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 726 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 956 59% 956 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 341B) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 62 Reflection 71.4 Parallax 83.6 50% 72.3 fps	MRender 64.4 Gravity 0 Splatting 57.9 34% 40.8 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JAJS300M240C 240GB 1,437 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2200SC6A SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 457 458 461 477 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 457 Mixed 414 SusWrite 462 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 47.4 159% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 246 199% 275 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 111%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 292GB free Firmware: AX0D5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 106 106 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 101 Mixed 32 SusWrite 105 61% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 323GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 99 100 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 86.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 98.4 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 68 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Read 68 Write 69.5 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 68.7 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 34.5 MC Mixed 31.7 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 26.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,269x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,969x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	441x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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