Asus B450M-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	86% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus B450M-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20230202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '23 at 15:18
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	35%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3600-$86 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 85.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 245 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 746 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$500 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (143 fps cap detected)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 142 Parallax 143 116% 142 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 143 Splatting 142 117% 142 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM8VC 1TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 522GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 431 320 340 373 369 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 443 Mixed 438 SusWrite 370 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 43.1 154% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 121 156% 281 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$88 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 395GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 426 385 416 377 385 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 377 Write 396 Mixed 353 SusWrite 394 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 48.5 172% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 161 180% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 180 236 258 280 280 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 487 Write 288 Mixed 284 SusWrite 246 73% 326 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 33.4 127% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 190 168% 252 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G36C16U4B.M8FE1 2x8GB 9,684 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 38.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 35.9 81% 28.2 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 126%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 26: 0P 2R 5G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
26%	11%	73	216	60	144	34"	1280 720	XMI3446 Mi Monitor

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus B450M-DRAGON

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	126x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	119x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	83x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	96x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	75x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	75x

SSD
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	102x
SSD 500GBKioxia-exceriaBench 175%, 10,941 samples	28x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	23x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	110x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	43x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	38x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $374

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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