Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	184% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

11 months ago, 11 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '23 at 02:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (50^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-$160 15,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 88.9 1-Core 169 2-Core 326 105% 195 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 984 101% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,356 84% 1,356 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 135 Parallax 223 90% 156 fps	MRender 209 Gravity 118 Splatting 177 138% 168 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% 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: 717 576 390 226 237 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 1,157 Write 651 Mixed 1,168 SusWrite 430 190% 851 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 63.7 224% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,208 DQ Write 701 DQ Mixed 958 712% 956 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 253%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 77GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 136 149 154 154 154 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 216 Write 26.4 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 144 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 365% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 57GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 167 166 174 167 179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 75.1 Write 125 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 170 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 159 159 158 161 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 46.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 54 SusWrite 155 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 51% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.7% 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% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 37.2 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 31.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 37.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $89Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,280x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,980x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	255x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16