Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	327% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 21:52
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 242 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 846 78% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,293 80% 1,293 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 120 107% 131 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$96 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 860GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1505 1756 1871 1542 1545 1564 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,583 Write 2321 Mixed 1,899 SusWrite 1,630 473% 2,108 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 84.3 278% 95.9 MB/s	DQ Read 993 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 915 666% 873 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 28GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 494 Mixed 387 103% 461 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 62.7 208% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 371 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 277GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 55 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 93.5 Write 85 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 55.9 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 67%
65 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 11GB free, PID 4300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 3.7 4.8 2.4 6 5.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	5.66% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4.3 10% 9.38 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.66% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 18,693 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 35.7 MC Mixed 32.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 24.9 SC Write 38 SC Mixed 27.7 86% 30.2 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 102%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,272x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	738x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,081x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	570x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16