Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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 Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '22 at 07:56
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 80.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 655 62% 514 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 C972) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 159 Parallax 156 142% 163 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 134 Splatting 116 114% 144 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS250G2B0B-00YS70 250GB 7,199 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 116 38 156 149 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 406 Write 239 Mixed 204 SusWrite 119 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 41.6 150% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 206 146% 182 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 105%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 360 384 320 326 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 480 Write 450 Mixed 414 SusWrite 364 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 23.5 122% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 33.3 86% 175 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 100%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR054 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 360 384 321 326 337 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 469 Write 448 Mixed 412 SusWrite 364 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 23.1 118% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 33.8 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 16 20 25 26 26 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 223GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 148 156 152 158 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 96.9 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 148 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 171% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 37.3 MC Mixed 34 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.1 SC Write 36.2 SC Mixed 29 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 90%

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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	2,263x
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 $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
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: $359

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 $40	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