Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	1.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '21 at 10:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3500-$140 16,466 User benchmarks, average bench 81% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 82.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 277 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 815 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 304B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.13% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 2 Parallax 1.9 1% 1.73 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 2 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.13% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT250MX500SSD4 250GB 16,301 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 443 447 449 447 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 450 Mixed 441 SusWrite 445 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 54.7 180% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 243 192% 265 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 121%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 935GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 87 89 90 94 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 88.8 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 209GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 102 103 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 96 Write 92.2 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 101 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%

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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 35.6 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 24 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 33 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 112%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 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
0%	0%	9	9	6	60	23.8"	1920 1080	BNQ78E7 BenQ GW2480

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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