Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 15:34
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 180 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 680 61% 515 Pts	64-Core 968 60% 968 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 354E) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 25.6 Reflection 24.7 Parallax 32 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 33.1 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 25.8 24% 29.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 87 106 78 93 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 246 Write 148 Mixed 167 SusWrite 90.4 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 41.1 142% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 111 84% 112 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 73%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 250GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 71 69 70 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 73.1 Write 71.6 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 66.7 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 50%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 128GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 49 49 49 47 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 82.8 Write 79.3 Mixed 54 SusWrite 48.4 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 50%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 524GB free Firmware: AX1P4M SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 81 80 81 82 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 75.9 Write 79.5 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 80.8 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 62%
ASMT 2115 750GB 635 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 314GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 97.5 Write 81.9 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 75 99% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 44%
ASMT 2115 320GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 198GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 110 113 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 101 Write 93.3 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 112 120% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 98% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 45%
ASMT 2115 750GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 193GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 75 75 75 77 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 65.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 41 SusWrite 75.3 87% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	252x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16