Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.9% 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	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 15:43
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 72.2 1-Core 148 2-Core 295 91% 172 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 827 86% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,083 67% 1,083 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-$275 75,918 User benchmarks, average bench 85% MSI(1462 3811) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 201 96% 139 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 108 Splatting 135 95% 113 fps
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 367 342 370 376 378 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 375 Mixed 298 SusWrite 368 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 28.8 111% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 156 127% 186 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 86%
Toshiba MK5075GSX 500GB-$127 6,562 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 187GB free Firmware: GT001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 58 52 59 58 58 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 49.2 Write 49.2 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 57.1 32% 43.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 47%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 564GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 39 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 39 Write 37.5 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 39.7 50% 36.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$41 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 26.6 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 24.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 96.5 42% 96.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 120%

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

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,263x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	252x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16