Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	46.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	217% 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago, 8 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '23 at 00:04
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 656 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 793 49% 793 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1284 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	46.5% Average	Lighting 58.1 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 78.9 47% 65.5 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 64.1 Splatting 44.6 45% 56.2 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1222 792 808 808 813 815 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,670 Write 1,863 Mixed 1,529 SusWrite 876 334% 1,485 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 64.1 203% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 532 DQ Mixed 766 562% 746 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 355%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 175 178 179 179 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 162 Mixed 102 SusWrite 178 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB 18,883 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 11GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 8.5 8 8 8.2 9 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Read 21.9 Write 1.5 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 8.4 12% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-4GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-4GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR 24GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 32 97% 34 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 27.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 77.1 52% 77.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 93%

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

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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	2,269x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,969x
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	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 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	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	441x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16