Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 19:13
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 918 57% 918 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Sapphire(1DA2 E410) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 114 Parallax 228 115% 161 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 136 Splatting 158 113% 135 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37 14,368 User benchmarks, average bench 189% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 732 730 592 591 550 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,176 Write 1,264 Mixed 1,076 SusWrite 687 236% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 61.5 207% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 924 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 831 620% 828 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 228%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 661GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 361 359 360 363 359 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 434 Mixed 280 SusWrite 368 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 31.5 133% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 155 170% 287 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2Z3200C16 2x8GB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 42.3 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 35 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 36.6 SC Mixed 27.8 85% 29.7 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 111%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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