Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics18.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive189% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 20 '20 at 18:16
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G-$98
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 80.1
1-Core 129
2-Core 251
84% 153 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 689
71% 571 Pts
64-Core 682
42% 682 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
Asus(1043 876B) 2GB
Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.10.22
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
18.6% Very poor
Lighting 23.2
Reflection 19.4
Parallax 30.8
19% 24.5 fps
MRender 14
Gravity 25.9
Splatting 24
18% 21.3 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 18.6%
Great: 18%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
396GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1047 798 819 808 830 831 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 2,020
Write 1,665
Mixed 1,581
SusWrite 856
342% 1,530 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 46.8
4K Mixed 38.8
134% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 568
DQ Write 98.8
DQ Mixed 191
177% 286 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 189%
Great: 297%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 27.9
87% 30.5 GB/s
SC Read 22.7
SC Write 35.3
SC Mixed 25.4
80% 27.8 GB/s
Latency 80.4
50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,453 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $364
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