Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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	120% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180710
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '22 at 02:29
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 650 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 4663) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 166 Parallax 157 141% 165 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 114% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 706GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 455 456 478 485 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 465 Mixed 427 SusWrite 465 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 54 179% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 369 278% 371 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 836GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 139 142 142 141 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 162 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 140 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-20-20 D4-3200 2x8GB 5,014 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 36.6 MC Mixed 35.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 27.1 SC Write 38.4 SC Mixed 31.1 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 102%

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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 $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 $54Bench 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) $35	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