Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190912
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 21:22
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 68.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 257 83% 154 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 774 76% 625 Pts	64-Core 998 62% 998 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 1F08) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 107 82% 98.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 80.5 78% 98.3 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 312 515 250 708 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 1,093 Mixed 545 SusWrite 400 182% 817 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 49.5 178% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 575 DQ Mixed 316 278% 405 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 277%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 529GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 170 167 171 173 172 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 85.6 SusWrite 168 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 23.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 20.2 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 109%

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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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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,273x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	738x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,082x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 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	570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16