Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.3% 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 Drive	338% 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, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago, 3 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '22 at 08:01
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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-$172 1,123,668 User benchmarks, average bench 82% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 69.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 820 81% 646 Pts	64-Core 1070 72% 1070 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$410 378,316 User benchmarks, average bench 105% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.01 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 144 Parallax 177 93% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 123 Splatting 91.8 98% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500P5PSSD8 500GB 2,262 User benchmarks, average bench 365% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: P7CR402 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2483 2535 1279 852 666 439 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,864 Write 2,578 Mixed 2,109 SusWrite 1,376 500% 2,232 MB/s	4K Read 64.1 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 86.2 286% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1306 DQ Write 978 DQ Mixed 1123 845% 1,136 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 488%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 758,178 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 415GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 495 496 496 496 432 360 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 493 Mixed 456 SusWrite 462 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 65.1 217% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 372 280% 374 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$68 576,559 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.1 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 24.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	7	144	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0F55 C32JG5x

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Workstation 49%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $172Bench 82%, 1,123,668 samples	12,131x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $213Bench 76%, 754,540 samples	10,502x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $350Bench 80%, 543,533 samples	4,005x

GPU
RX 580AMD $260Bench 55%, 787,457 samples	6,386x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 373,446 samples	3,610x
RTX 2060Nvidia $390Bench 89%, 574,087 samples	3,212x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $34Bench 66%, 397,594 samples	2,380x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 162,133 samples	1,720x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 106%, 758,178 samples	1,223x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $68Bench 85%, 576,559 samples	3,404x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $72Bench 82%, 576,174 samples	2,466x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 74,044 samples	1,391x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $612

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $278	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-12400F $160	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $200
Intel Core i7-12700K $350	Nvidia RTX 3050 $250	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $68	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $72	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $71	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $470	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16