Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	214% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '21 at 04:22
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	70%

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PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 1600AF-$112 52,721 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 71.6 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 148 57% 97.7 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 428 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% MSI(1462 3681) CLim: 1622 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.9.1 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.6% Very good	Lighting 90.8 Reflection 99.7 Parallax 138 74% 110 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 70.4 67% 83.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 72GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 174 202 83 74 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 416 Write 396 Mixed 326 SusWrite 154 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 23.2 77% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 198 188% 294 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 101%
SHGP31-1000GM-2 1TB 9,764 User benchmarks, average bench 312% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 41060C20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1294 1195 1135 1028 970 924 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,811 Write 1,653 Mixed 1,273 SusWrite 1,091 327% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 47.1 155% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 436 DQ Mixed 620 457% 609 MB/s
Poor: 181% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 414%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 35,395 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 32 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.4% 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 57: 8R 3G 8B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
57%	18%	104	259	186	144	31.5"	2560 1440	VSCDE35 VX3258 SERIES

History: Score 40: 3R 7G 4B | Score 57: 8R 3G 8B

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,278x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,976x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,085x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	254x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16