Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	225% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 22:22
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 2600-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Memory 71.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 237 76% 140 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 726 68% 565 Pts	64-Core 978 60% 978 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 99.4 59% 80.8 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 57 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR021 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1061 1085 1089 1097 729 67 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,640 Write 1,092 Mixed 1,017 SusWrite 855 257% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 74.1 251% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 264 309% 529 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 242%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 143 154 152 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 366 Write 218 Mixed 232 SusWrite 146 54% 240 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 37.4 135% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 152 118% 158 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 721GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 106 106 108 106 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 110 Write 65.1 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 107 64% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 317GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 116 113 117 117 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 109 Write 114 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 116 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 391GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 96 101 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 107 Write 88.7 Mixed 68.4 SusWrite 99.6 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2666 C19 4x8GB 352 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 96%

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

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	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $356

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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