Asus B450M-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	92.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B450M-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '22 at 12:44
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 74.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 86% 159 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 824 83% 671 Pts	64-Core 1,088 67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% MSI(1462 8E99) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 92.9 Parallax 101 91% 102 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 80.2 Splatting 72.9 66% 81.2 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM8VC 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 424GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 363 197 265 380 381 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 447 Mixed 448 SusWrite 344 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 53.4 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 122 157% 281 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 240 240 222 286 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 286 Mixed 281 SusWrite 238 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 40.2 144% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 190 169% 252 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 95%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 931GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 446 431 445 450 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 389 Write 470 Mixed 387 SusWrite 444 96% 423 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 61.1 202% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 161 180% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 125%
Intel 330 Series 60GB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 54GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 63 65 65 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 402 Write 65.5 Mixed 110 SusWrite 64.8 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 21.5 82% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 54.5 DQ Write 21.6 DQ Mixed 30.9 25% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,684 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 30.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 30.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 126%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus B450M-DRAGON

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	125x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	119x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	83x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	96x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	75x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	74x

SSD
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	102x
SSD 500GBKioxia-exceriaBench 175%, 10,941 samples	28x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	23x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	110x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	43x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	38x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $378

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $490	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