Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20190912
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 06:05
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 70.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 182 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 700 62% 528 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 99 86% 106 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 100 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5L2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,347 Write 1,908 Mixed 1,555 430% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 68.7 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 94.2 316% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,317 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 1,049 796% 1,081 MB/s
Poor: 130% Great: 296%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA250CM10002 250GB 2,988 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 69GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 310 310 311 311 312 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 397 Mixed 411 SusWrite 307 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 42.6 152% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 218 206% 321 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 433GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 217 216 215 216 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 174 Mixed 88 SusWrite 215 126% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 88%
Sunzong Easy F_1.0A_ZPG 537GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 478GB free, PID 2015 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	1.03% Terrible	Read 3 Write 0.3 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 1.2 2% 1.58 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 5% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.03% Great: 2%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4X16GC3200C16K2E 2x16GB 1,713 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 32.5 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 25.2 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 114%

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

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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	2,279x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,978x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

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 $39Bench 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: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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