Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics16% 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 Drive49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190307
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 09 '19 at 19:02
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 39%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 120
2-Core 210
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 815
71% 606 Pts
64-Core 1,148
71% 1,148 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 77%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030
MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
16% Very poor
Lighting 19.8
Reflection 15.8
Parallax 19.2
16% 18.3 fps
MRender 16.2
Gravity 19.3
Splatting 20.9
16% 18.8 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 16%
Great: 15%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Z33130RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 68 109 64 75 72 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
49.3% Average
Read 482
Write 16.6
Mixed 62.8
SusWrite 78.6
34% 160 MB/s
4K Read 22.7
4K Write 60.2
4K Mixed 0.2
66% 27.7 MB/s
DQ Read 143
DQ Write 193
DQ Mixed 4.4
49% 114 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 86%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109
105GB free
Firmware: RVQ01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 196 81 74 56 56 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 475
Mixed 406
SusWrite 149
86% 383 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 49.5
171% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 358
DQ Mixed 365
275% 367 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 121%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
47.4% Average
MC Read 17.3
MC Write 16.5
MC Mixed 14
46% 15.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 16.6
SC Mixed 15.5
47% 16.4 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 47.4%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,449 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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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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