Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics95.3% 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 Drive79% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190307
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 23 '21 at 12:23
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 69.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 227
77% 140 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 595
61% 493 Pts
64-Core 864
53% 864 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 115
Reflection 104
Parallax 121
94% 113 fps
MRender 162
Gravity 114
Splatting 96.8
98% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA250CM10002 250GB
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: STAS1024
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 186 179 209 131 265 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
79% Very good
Read 487
Write 403
Mixed 395
SusWrite 190
82% 369 MB/s
4K Read 27.4
4K Write 31.3
4K Mixed 33.3
101% 30.7 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 364
DQ Mixed 217
204% 315 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79%
Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
238GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 140 142 140 142 141 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Read 172
Write 118
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 140
93% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair CM4X8GD3000C16K4 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.8% Good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 24.8
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 21.1
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,429 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 104% - Outstanding Total price: $361
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