Asus PRIME B450M-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	227% 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 II (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '21 at 18:04
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 82 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 835 80% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,043 65% 1,043 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 111 Parallax 125 96% 118 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 102 Splatting 94 89% 111 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX300 120GB-$80 7,190 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 86GB free Firmware: M2CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 219 220 220 220 221 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 219 Mixed 282 SusWrite 220 67% 304 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 75.1 4K Mixed 35.9 127% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 148 122% 171 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 115%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 723GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1444 803 811 820 820 820 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 1,688 Mixed 1,340 SusWrite 920 309% 1,376 MB/s	4K Read 51 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 67.6 223% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 1,309 DQ Write 428 DQ Mixed 653 538% 797 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 112GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 76 74 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 132 Write 131 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 73.8 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 88%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 670GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 145 145 145 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 156 Write 140 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 141 85% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 9GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 102 103 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 172 Write 74.3 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 102 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G32C16U4R.M8FE 2x8GB 598 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 112%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A II

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	833x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $129Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	616x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	554x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	373x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	357x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	242x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	132x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	106x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	90x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	238x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	188x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	162x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $420

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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

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