Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 141% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	194% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '24 at 22:46
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$190 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 72.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 226 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 748 69% 576 Pts	64-Core 1,123 70% 1,123 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 4070-$549 45,585 User benchmarks, average bench 190% MSI(1462 5137) CLim: 3105 MHz, MLim: 5250 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	194% Outstanding	Lighting 275 Reflection 250 Parallax 298 224% 274 fps	MRender 354 Gravity 239 Splatting 187 204% 260 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 205%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Maxtor Z1 SSD 240GB 1,683 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: STKSF010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 70 26 18 7.9 9.3 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.3% Below average	Read 180 Write 95.7 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 27 22% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 11.9 69% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 106 107% 176 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 86%
2.5" SATA SSD 3TE7 480GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 81GB free Firmware: S19C04B SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 273 313 303 304 297 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.8% Very good	Read 356 Write 299 Mixed 284 SusWrite 292 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 30.7 113% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 231 184% 257 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free Firmware: SBFKJ4.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 413 Write 326 Mixed 403 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 38.5 128% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 210 185% 272 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 138GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 140 141 140 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 171 Write 114 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 139 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X8GD3200C16K4 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 24.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 18.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 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
0%	0%	0	70	58	144	27"	1280 720	GBT2709 G27Q

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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 $78Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,297x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,988x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $190Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	750x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,093x
RTX 2060Nvidia $271Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	652x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	602x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $53Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	277x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	220x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	575x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	446x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	257x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $353

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