Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics140% 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 Drive167% 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.
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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191113
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 08 '22 at 22:44
Run Duration249 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%
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 PC Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
65.4% Good
Memory 71.8
1-Core 102
2-Core 187
68% 120 Pts
4-Core 318
8-Core 555
53% 437 Pts
64-Core 946
58% 946 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500
Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
140% Outstanding
Lighting 202
Reflection 187
Parallax 178
165% 189 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 142
Splatting 126
120% 150 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 140%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 377 427 427 426 427 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 1,485
Write 1,569
Mixed 1,176
SusWrite 468
263% 1,174 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 92.1
4K Mixed 50.9
173% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 436
DQ Mixed 593
436% 579 MB/s
Poor: 152%
This bench: 167%
Great: 237%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 32 29 29 30 34 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
45.9% Average
Read 126
Write 37.5
Mixed 66.8
SusWrite 31.6
49% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
386% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 45.9%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
70.6% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 22.6
MC Mixed 25.9
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 21.1
SC Mixed 21.9
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 97.4
41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 112%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,489 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $364
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