Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.6% 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	119% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 18:55
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$185 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 80.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 250 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 770 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,005 62% 1,005 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$120 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.3.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 71.6 Reflection 71.1 Parallax 89.9 58% 77.5 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 57.9 53% 65.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$39 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 459 462 461 464 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 461 Mixed 442 SusWrite 460 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 51.9 172% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 276 233% 338 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 70GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 139 142 142 115 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 135 Write 136 Mixed 93 SusWrite 136 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 499GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 108 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 69 SusWrite 107 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%
Maxtor 6 E040L0 41GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 27GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 38.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 39.6 49% 36.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 25.8 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 102%

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

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,284x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,980x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $120Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	599x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	255x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $356

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16