Asus B450M-DRAGON

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	30.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus B450M-DRAGON (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '22 at 13:47
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 119 2-Core 230 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 702 63% 530 Pts	64-Core 926 57% 926 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD 240GB 240GB 87 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: FW201105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 3.9 36 3.8 4.3 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 444 Write 275 Mixed 7 SusWrite 20.4 40% 187 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.7 42% 9.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 324GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 83 82 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 81.3 Write 79 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 76.5 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMH32GX4M2E3200C16 1x16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3266 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 88.6 45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 65%

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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 86%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: Asus B450M-DRAGON

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	125x
Ryzen 5 3500XAMD $160Bench 82%, 33,544 samples	118x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	83x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	96x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	75x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	73x

SSD
SU630 480GBAdataBench 67%, 31,107 samples	102x
SSD 500GBKioxia-exceriaBench 175%, 10,941 samples	28x
TOSHIBA-TR200 480GBBench 78%, 11,560 samples	23x

RAM
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	109x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 82%, 52,667 samples	43x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GBTeamBench 88%, 35,395 samples	38x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $407

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16