Asus B450M-DRAGON

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 132% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	164% 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	92.7% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 6 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus B450M-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	11.6 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 16:00
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$78 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 (83^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 778 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.2% 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: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3555 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 536.99 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Lighting 247 Reflection 229 Parallax 242 201% 239 fps	MRender 202 Gravity 169 Splatting 150 140% 174 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 164% 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: 405 385 369 378 377 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 451 Mixed 446 SusWrite 382 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 53.5 177% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 122 157% 281 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$84 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 395GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 378 449 458 403 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 449 Mixed 388 SusWrite 413 93% 410 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.6 200% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 158 179% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%
Kingmax 240GB 240GB 2,389 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 245 197 284 286 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 288 Mixed 283 SusWrite 260 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 39.6 142% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 190 169% 253 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 92.7% 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 38.5 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 38.3 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 27.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 36.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 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 5: 0P 1R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
5%	8%	13	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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	126x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	119x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	83x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	96x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	76x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 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: 87% - Excellent

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