Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '20 at 01:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 191 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 572 55% 451 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Nvidia(10DE 13A2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.5% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 108 82% 102 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 88.6 Splatting 79.1 81% 102 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT03B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 451 Write 434 Mixed 420 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 49.3 155% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 368 278% 373 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 931GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1404 784 798 664 789 796 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,419 Write 1,607 Mixed 1,118 SusWrite 872 282% 1,254 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.5 188% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 599 DQ Mixed 789 568% 736 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 276%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 188 190 143 85 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 164 Mixed 81 SusWrite 157 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 2,128 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 23.1 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 110%

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

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $240Bench 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