Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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.
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	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190228
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '22 at 02:50
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 75.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 220 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 805 78% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,266 78% 1,266 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 2516) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 127 94% 114 fps	MRender 159 Gravity 115 Splatting 98.9 99% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 137GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1319 1440 979 953 937 906 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 2196 Mixed 1,811 SusWrite 1,089 420% 1,877 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 75 248% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 873 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 745 564% 763 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 410%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 340 Write 213 Mixed 150 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 12.9 38% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 8.7 DQ Write 3.5 DQ Mixed 19.7 11% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 26GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 172 167 172 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 123 Write 164 Mixed 66 SusWrite 166 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 106%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 247GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 141 143 146 145 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 168 Write 127 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 143 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 102%
ST932042 3AS 320GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 75GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 38 39 39 31 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 35.2 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 35.3 46% 33.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2666 2OZ 2x8GB 9,905 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 29 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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 $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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