Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201202
Uptime	9.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 07:44
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (51^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 678 63% 523 Pts	64-Core 881 54% 881 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Zotac(19DA 6630) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 135 Parallax 144 129% 146 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 123 Splatting 108 105% 132 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,914 Write 2,023 Mixed 1,583 411% 1,840 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63.3 216% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 915 DQ Write 733 DQ Mixed 785 598% 811 MB/s
Poor: 168% Great: 297%
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 222GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 147 108 111 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 445 Write 428 Mixed 348 SusWrite 167 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 34 126% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 355 DQ Mixed 221 197% 294 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 95%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 97GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 176 104 103 106 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 283GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 120 121 124 121 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 158 Write 148 Mixed 93.5 SusWrite 122 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$37 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.2 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 109%

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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 $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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