Asus B450M-DRAGON

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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.
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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus B450M-DRAGON  (all builds)
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190425
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateMar 26 '22 at 19:19
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Memory 68.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 228
77% 141 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 755
69% 581 Pts
64-Core 1,038
64% 1,038 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.3.1
Performing below potential (60th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.4% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 142
Parallax 190
101% 152 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 142
Splatting 93.6
93% 116 fps
Poor: 91%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,270
Write 1233
Mixed 1,141
271% 1,215 MB/s
4K Read 53.4
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 66.4
232% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1,149
DQ Write 896
DQ Mixed 1,011
759% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB
113GB free
Firmware: GG2OAF10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 47 52 35 40 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
35.7% Below average
Read 80
Write 50
Mixed 26.9
SusWrite 44.4
37% 50.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 35.7%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown PAD40830E16P1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
68.6% Good
MC Read 30.1
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 27.6
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 16.8
SC Mixed 23.4
53% 18.7 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 117%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B450M-DRAGON Builds (Compare 695 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus B450M-DRAGON

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $407
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