Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	131% 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	196% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 03:06
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (88^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 674 64% 532 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 147A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 171 Parallax 178 149% 177 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 136 Splatting 117 116% 146 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 414 327 320 311 333 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,585 Write 1,603 Mixed 1,195 SusWrite 435 270% 1,204 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 67.8 232% 83.8 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 611 DQ Mixed 828 603% 791 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 237%
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 111GB free Firmware: S9FM02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 157 161 161 161 162 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 422 Write 157 Mixed 212 SusWrite 160 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 59.3 4K Mixed 22.3 106% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 87.2 DQ Mixed 3.7 30% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 302GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 142 145 144 144 146 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 132 Mixed 89 SusWrite 144 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion+ 1TB 4,125 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 251GB free Firmware: 0706 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	40% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 53.4 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 72.8 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 71%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB 10,173 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 127 127 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 85.7 Write 118 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 126 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1 146% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 41.4 MC Mixed 35.3 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 29.6 90% 31.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

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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	1,078x
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 $132	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) $34	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