Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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.
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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% 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	79.2% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '23 at 00:56
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 267 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 854 82% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,009 62% 1,009 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% XFX(1682 C580) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.2.2 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 67.8 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 92.8 55% 75.1 fps	MRender 66.3 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 48.1 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB 12,615 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 248 248 255 255 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 448 Write 409 Mixed 324 SusWrite 240 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 25.2 126% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 34.7 74% 149 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 240%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 351GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 107 105 98 104 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 146 Write 154 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 102 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 106%
Seagate Expansion 750GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 52GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 49.9 Write 36.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 14.2 24% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 98GB free Firmware: D785 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 128 129 127 128 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 79.8 Write 126 Mixed 110 SusWrite 122 81% 109 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 462% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 92%
Seagate Portable 5TB 3,819 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 25GB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 70 67 71 63 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 41.6 Write 77.7 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 69.9 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 7,128 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 13GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 132 105 106 96 89 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 129 Write 137 Mixed 20 SusWrite 105 127% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 52%
IT-CEO Storage 1TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 44GB free, PID 1066 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 50.2 Write 37.6 Mixed 23.8 SusWrite 14.1 39% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 74% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 43%
WDC WD10 JPVX-75JC3T0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 49GB free, PID 0569 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	9.07% Terrible	Read 35.5 Write 36.1 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 12.9 33% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 27% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.07% Great: 25%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2.5TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 33GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 76 74 79 81 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 80.2 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 78.3 89% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000 2x8GB 22,274 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.1% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 16.4 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 103%

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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	2,304x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,990x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $160Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	751x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,097x
RTX 2060Nvidia $269Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	653x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	604x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $41Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	278x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	221x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	579x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	447x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	257x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363