Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	125% 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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210310
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '21 at 23:30
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 81.7 1-Core 147 2-Core 284 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,102 98% 831 Pts	64-Core 1,992 123% 1,992 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1570 MHz, MLim: 1983 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 110 Parallax 70.3 56% 83.2 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 69.8 Splatting 61 56% 69.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 40GB free Firmware: S8FM07.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 274 12 37 12 41 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 496 Write 454 Mixed 244 SusWrite 140 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 24.4 113% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 69.5 85% 147 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 473 474 441 412 408 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 471 Mixed 450 SusWrite 446 106% 471 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 58.9 194% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 298 244% 349 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 125%
WD Blue 1TB (2015)-$40 52,322 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 164GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 147 149 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 78.8 Write 77.2 Mixed 64 SusWrite 148 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 35.9 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 26 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 34.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,263x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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