Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
ProcessorWith 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% 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 Drive138% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180824
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 15 '21 at 03:39
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Memory 69.5
1-Core 107
2-Core 219
72% 132 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 647
64% 521 Pts
64-Core 864
54% 864 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Asus(1043 8709) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 143
Parallax 141
120% 143 fps
MRender 143
Gravity 132
Splatting 120
106% 132 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 112%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 98 731 79 30 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 1,465
Write 515
Mixed 174
SusWrite 190
127% 586 MB/s
4K Read 51.2
4K Write 52.1
4K Mixed 46.7
165% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 681
DQ Write 76.5
DQ Mixed 118
153% 292 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 138%
Great: 295%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249
1TB free
Firmware: MN6OA5C0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 143 148 145 148 145 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
77% Very good
Read 122
Write 114
Mixed 73.3
SusWrite 146
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK8GX4M1D3000C16 32GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.5% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 24.8
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 21.4
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 23.4
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,454 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $364
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