Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	12% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	98.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200714
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '22 at 17:33
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 83.8 1-Core 143 2-Core 287 93% 171 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 871 87% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 13.6 11% 15.9 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 14.1 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 100 78 76 80 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 412 SusWrite 143 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 50.7 178% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 364 258% 330 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 121%
Kesu USB 3.0 480GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 279GB free Firmware: 0209 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.1% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 40.7 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 40.6 9% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 11.7 39% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 16.4 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 16.6 13% 17.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 35GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 26 32 52 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 66.6 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 47.8 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 67%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.9 3.5 3 3.2 3.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.1% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 12 Mixed 15.6 SusWrite 3 16% 12.8 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.1% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	86.3% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 34.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 33.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 112%

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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	2,264x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

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 $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
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	253x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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