Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 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 02:38
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 2600-$125 179,588 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 (96^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 676 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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: 1420 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.2 Reflection 72.5 Parallax 95 54% 77.9 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 66.6 Splatting 60 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 53.7% 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: 460 464 467 474 460 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 472 Mixed 401 SusWrite 466 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 48.6 161% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 246 200% 277 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 292GB free Firmware: AX0D5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 107 107 107 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 97 Mixed 32 SusWrite 106 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 323GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 99 99 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 89 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 98.6 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 73 Write 56.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 39.9 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 31.4 100% 35 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 35.6 SC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.9 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 49%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
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 $33Bench 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 $275	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