Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '20 at 17:09
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 746 75% 609 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3703) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 107 87% 108 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 96.8 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 127 131 126 129 129 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 424 Write 142 Mixed 186 SusWrite 126 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 36.6 137% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 116 101% 152 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 79%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 19GB free Firmware: RVT24B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 510 Write 477 Mixed 443 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 58.8 192% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 302 226% 299 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 112 130 118 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 277 Write 212 Mixed 231 SusWrite 130 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 38.5 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 96.6 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 174 126% 159 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 533GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 144 148 148 148 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 166 Mixed 104 SusWrite 147 111% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16D4/4G KHX2666C15D4/4G KHX2666C16D4/4G 16GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3066, 3066, 3066, 3066 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 35.9 110% 38.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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	217x

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: $360

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