Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	70.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '20 at 00:03
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (23^rd 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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 67 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 76% 141 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 660 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% PNY(196E 133C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 108 Parallax 109 90% 109 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 93.4 93% 118 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900E13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 160 163 170 166 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 301 Write 257 Mixed 267 SusWrite 178 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 28.4 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 197 169% 246 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 96%
WD My Passport 2627 4TB 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3.5TB free, PID 2627 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 104 105 109 109 103 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 104 123% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CL16-18-18 D4-3000 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.6% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 21.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 19.3 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,278x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,976x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $179Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,085x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $34Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	254x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16