Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	318% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '21 at 11:13
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 84.2 1-Core 145 2-Core 291 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 863 88% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.7.2 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 141 Parallax 196 105% 155 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 95 92% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1545 1241 1242 1158 1179 1143 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	318% Outstanding	Read 2,476 Write 2380 Mixed 1,686 SusWrite 1,251 436% 1,948 MB/s	4K Read 63.3 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 84.3 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,296 DQ Write 1,090 DQ Mixed 1,181 888% 1,189 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 318% Great: 372%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$33 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 122GB free Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 62 124 113 108 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 456 Write 361 Mixed 309 SusWrite 152 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 20.3 84% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 44.4 50% 84.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 101GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 98 98 98 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 92.9 Write 96.8 Mixed 59 SusWrite 97.1 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 2TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 110 Mixed 19.2 52% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 36.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 35 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 110%

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

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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	2,270x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,970x
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	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $33Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16