Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	46.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	235% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190425
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 77.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 693 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Sapphire(1DA2 E343) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.5% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 81.3 47% 67.2 fps	MRender 59.8 Gravity 57 Splatting 52.7 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2112 915 820 828 831 828 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,179 Write 2136 Mixed 1713 SusWrite 1,056 397% 1,771 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 52.7 182% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 661 481% 633 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 571GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 36 43 43 35 34 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 57.3 Write 58.5 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 39.1 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 70%
SanDisk Wireless Stick 128GB 126 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 72GB free, PID 55a9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 9 10 9 8.3 8.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 12.5 Write 12.8 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 9 16% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.2 149% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.4% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 23.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 80%

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

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Workstation 46%

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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	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 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