Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	150% 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 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '21 at 19:02
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X-$150 15,293 User benchmarks, average bench 80% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 153 2-Core 283 92% 171 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 758 76% 619 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
M Series NVMe SSD 256G 256GB 984 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614B0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 542 608 559 314 483 197 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 1,696 Write 1,161 Mixed 300 SusWrite 450 199% 902 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 18.8 119% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 769 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 236 228% 380 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 252%
SanDisk SSD 128GB-$84 8,513 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 96GB free Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 227 268 180 245 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 463 Write 384 Mixed 277 SusWrite 240 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 18.2 70% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 42 47% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 424GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 82 84 85 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 68.3 Write 80.9 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 81.6 48% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 67%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 20GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 51 53 53 51 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 53.4 Write 53.2 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 52.3 67% 49.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G26C16U4B.8FD 2x8GB 2,551 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 25 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 31 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 94%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 68: 10R 6G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
68%	12%	138	327	248	144	0"	2560 1440

History: Score 30: 4R 2G 4B | Score 68: 10R 6G 0B

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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	2,264x
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 $37Bench 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	253x

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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