Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '24 at 09:44
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 74.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 224 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 658 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 871 54% 871 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.2% Outstanding	Lighting 104 Reflection 142 Parallax 96.1 85% 114 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 111 Splatting 104 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 106%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN770 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 54,201 User benchmarks, average bench 449% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: 731100WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2172 2191 997 517 446 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,511 Write 2,387 Mixed 2,152 SusWrite 1,127 459% 2,044 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 64.2 227% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 946 DQ Write 690 DQ Mixed 830 617% 822 MB/s
Poor: 249% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 623%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GB-$42 131,007 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 25.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 95%

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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	65	53	144	23.8"	1280 720	GSM5BB2 LG ULTRAGEAR

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,288x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,980x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	745x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,089x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	652x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	599x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $54Bench 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	256x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $362

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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