Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180608
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 77.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 723 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 87.6 0% 52.6 fps	MRender 65.9 Gravity 70.2 Splatting 56.4 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253LE480G 480GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 200 77 126 76 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 466 Write 335 Mixed 313 SusWrite 168 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 26.8 4K Mixed 0.7 16% 9.43 MB/s	DQ Read 46.8 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 19.6 17% 26.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 91%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 29GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 85 43 121 33 132 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 334 Write 178 Mixed 220 SusWrite 105 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 29.2 117% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 116 115% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 100%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 265GB free Firmware: LCM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 119 122 123 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 63.5 Write 107 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 121 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 30.4 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $233Bench 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