Asus PRIME B450M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	15.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-K (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '22 at 17:46
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MAR-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 666 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2200-$440 13,860 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Nvidia(10DE 1097) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1124 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.84 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	15.4% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 22.1 Parallax 17.9 16% 19.7 fps	MRender 21.4 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 14.7 15% 18.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM841N 2.5 7mm 256GB 2,088 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 319 329 329 294 308 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.8% Good	Read 381 Write 287 Mixed 251 SusWrite 302 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 22.5 82% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 125 118% 192 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500514NS 500GB-$19 1,968 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 74GB free Firmware: KA05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 71 78 64 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 64.7 Mixed 40 SusWrite 72 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL8G30C15U4B.M8FE 1x8GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 12.2 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 58%

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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 79%

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Workstation 64%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K

CPU
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	875x
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	745x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	207x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	319x
RX 570AMD $130Bench 45%, 473,685 samples	294x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	272x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	114x
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	111x
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	97x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	138x
Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $38Bench 82%, 163,634 samples	119x

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Value: 70% - Good

Total price: $478

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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