Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 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	96.7% 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	325% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '21 at 08:28
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 859 87% 707 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 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: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 145 Parallax 206 100% 158 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 124 Splatting 94.2 90% 111 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P5 Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$87 8,064 User benchmarks, average bench 328% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: P7CR402 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2453 2005 521 702 709 707 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	325% Outstanding	Read 2,888 Write 2,593 Mixed 2104 SusWrite 1,183 490% 2,192 MB/s	4K Read 65.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 88.2 291% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,338 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 1,067 790% 1,056 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 325% Great: 463%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 204GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 367 364 365 343 292 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 492 Mixed 450 SusWrite 367 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 65.3 216% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 64GB 3,373 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 28GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 22 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 152 Write 37.3 Mixed 74.9 SusWrite 30.2 82% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.3 222% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 34.9 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 36.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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	2,262x
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 $184	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