Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.7% 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	319% 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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 16:17
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$82 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 (99^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 287 95% 173 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 822 86% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.9.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 138 Parallax 184 96% 147 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 93.2 89% 110 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1373 1068 1077 1118 1143 1123 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,540 Write 2,341 Mixed 1577 SusWrite 1,150 426% 1902 MB/s	4K Read 66.5 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 90.4 305% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,284 DQ Write 1,054 DQ Mixed 1,134 859% 1,158 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 372%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 122GB free Firmware: UF500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 73 128 123 109 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 455 Write 359 Mixed 304 SusWrite 151 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 20.5 78% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 44.8 51% 87.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 97GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 108 109 109 107 109 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 86.3 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 108 63% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 88%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 3,010 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1.5TB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47% Average	Read 148 Write 134 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 108 130% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47% 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 (67^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 36.3 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 26.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 34.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 110%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
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 $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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