Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	33.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 112 2-Core 218 74% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 666 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 1,044 65% 1,044 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 103 Parallax 104 94% 107 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 112 Splatting 96.1 97% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 131 40 56 34 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 404 Write 261 Mixed 102 SusWrite 65.5 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 10.8 20% 7.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 160 118% 154 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 731GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 174 171 172 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 136 Mixed 74.8 SusWrite 173 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL17-17-17 D4-2400 2x8GB 1,182 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.5% Above average	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 21.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 86%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 62: 8R 3G 13B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
62%	56%	43	256	166	165	27"	2560 1440	HPN3673 OMEN 27i IPS

History: Score 40: 3R 4G 13B | Score 62: 8R 3G 13B

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
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	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: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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