Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	182% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	22.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '23 at 01:42
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 5700X-$170 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 72.9 1-Core 165 2-Core 330 99% 189 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 962 100% 804 Pts	64-Core 1,358 84% 1,358 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 108%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% ASRock(1849 5216) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 108 Reflection 131 Parallax 219 88% 153 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 114 Splatting 175 133% 162 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 346 220 389 432 407 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,103 Write 1,368 Mixed 1,054 SusWrite 471 225% 999 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 67.3 218% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 1193 DQ Write 660 DQ Mixed 674 569% 842 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 253%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 77GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 100 126 159 147 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 110 Write 140 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 130 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 57GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 114 110 114 112 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 109 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 106 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 89% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Read 4.7 Write 49.8 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 7.6 12% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 Crucial BL8G32C16U4B.M8FE1 32GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.3% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 25.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 24 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 94.9 42% 94.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,268x
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	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16