Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.4% 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 Drive97.1% 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.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191113
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 21 '21 at 03:23
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (80th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600AF-$97
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 82.2
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 201
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 613
61% 496 Pts
64-Core 849
53% 849 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (49th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.4% Very good
Lighting 97
Reflection 112
Parallax 101
79% 103 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 99
Splatting 88.5
77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB
392GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 437 441 423 415 391 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
97.1% Outstanding
Read 489
Write 462
Mixed 428
SusWrite 425
102% 451 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 65
4K Mixed 38.4
126% 43.9 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 301
218% 281 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 97.1%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
883GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 209 208 207 208 210 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 206
Write 166
Mixed 89.2
SusWrite 208
122% 167 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 119%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
112% Outstanding
MC Read 45
MC Write 41.6
MC Mixed 36.4
117% 41 GB/s
SC Read 26.7
SC Write 41.7
SC Mixed 32.2
96% 33.5 GB/s
Latency 76.6
52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 112%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,457 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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