Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	46.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '21 at 23:22
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 478 63% 475 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU) 85,536 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 876B) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 14.6 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 19.9 12% 16.3 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 15.2 Splatting 12.6 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 41 126 64 87 100 MB/s Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	46.9% Average	Read 202 Write 88.3 Mixed 82.1 SusWrite 91.3 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 68.5 4K Mixed 23.8 87% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 94.2 84% 128 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 192 193 179 177 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 183 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB 15,750 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.1 3 2.3 5 3.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.76% Terrible	Read 27.8 Write 15.3 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 3.4 14% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.76% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 27 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 95%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 22: 2R 2G 6B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
22%	24%	41	67	6	60	19.4"	1600 900	ACR038C HX1953L

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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 $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

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 $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 $274	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 $183	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