Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	245% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '23 at 15:43
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 5600X-$154 383,420 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 151 2-Core 256 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 700 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 107%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.18 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 227 Parallax 134 109% 165 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 137 Splatting 124 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

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% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 948 690 620 576 561 546 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,422 Write 2,155 Mixed 1,635 SusWrite 657 383% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 54.7 204% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,186 DQ Write 883 DQ Mixed 857 689% 976 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 355%
Sandisk PLUS 120GB 16,974 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 107GB free Firmware: UE4500RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 133 77 69 64 70 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 424 Write 240 Mixed 258 SusWrite 112 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 18.3 74% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 38.9 46% 80.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 55%
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59 69,933 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 112GB free Firmware: UE220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 82 82 81 74 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 366 Write 277 Mixed 269 SusWrite 104 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 14.4 70% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 95.9 DQ Mixed 29.1 44% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 53%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 178GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 149 150 149 152 159 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 129 Write 139 Mixed 100 SusWrite 150 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 32.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 32.1 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%

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

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,963x
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 $240Bench 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	216x

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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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