Asus PRIME B450M-A II

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	231% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A II (all builds)
Memory	7.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230224
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '24 at 18:41
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 5500-$80 3,830 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 70.3 1-Core 156 2-Core 310 94% 179 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 851 92% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,095 68% 1,095 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 551.76 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 18.3 Parallax 18.6 14% 18.1 fps	MRender 16 Gravity 18.9 Splatting 16.8 14% 17.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN570 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 51,051 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 605GB free (System drive) Firmware: 234110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1071 496 432 446 435 444 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,031 Write 1,966 Mixed 1,842 SusWrite 554 358% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 68.1 236% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,112 DQ Write 824 DQ Mixed 968 724% 968 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 300%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 48 50 49 49 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OAA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 138 137 138 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 127 Write 139 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 137 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 73%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 185 186 185 183 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 150 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 185 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 579GB free Firmware: SC11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 97 96 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 89.1 Write 97.9 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 96.4 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 98%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 466GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 36 36 36 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 52.1 Write 33.3 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 36.5 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 57% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 45%
WDC WD20 EADS-65R6B1 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1.5TB free, PID 070c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 38 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	19% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 37.5 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 37.1 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 85% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 26.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.6 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 22.1 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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 17: 0P 1R 4G 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
17%	24%	21	216	56	60	54.6"	1280 720	SAM7109 SAMSUNG

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A II

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	842x
Ryzen 5 5600GAMD $125Bench 86%, 14,368 samples	620x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $110Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	559x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	381x
RX Vega 8 5000 (iGPU)AMDBench 17%, 140,621 samples	357x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	243x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	133x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBWD $68Bench 204%, 97,624 samples	106x
SNVS500G 500GBKingstonBench 186%, 34,043 samples	91x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	243x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	191x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	162x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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

Asus PRIME B450M-A II

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

System Memory Latency Ladder

SkillBench Score 17: 0P 1R 4G 0B (High Scores)

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)