Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '21 at 19:13
Run Duration	323 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (39^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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 118 2-Core 209 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 639 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Gigabyte(1458 22F7) CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 0 Reflection 56 Parallax 68.2 0% 41.4 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 50.5 Splatting 42.6 40% 50.1 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 48 58 59 60 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 307 Write 196 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 75 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 40.9 124% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 204 175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Slim 1TB 6,231 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 771GB free Firmware: 0004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 38 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 35.8 Write 36.6 Mixed 34 SusWrite 38.8 27% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSEK.8FD 2x8GB 9,486 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 29.1 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 42: 5R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
42%	58%	24	252	181	165	31.5"	2560 1440	AUS32E0 ASUS VG32VQ1B

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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	1,963x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

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