Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	113% 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	242% 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 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '19 at 22:01
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 2700-$185 123,820 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 70 1-Core 122 2-Core 189 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 650 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 1,100 68% 1,100 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 118 Parallax 259 116% 173 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 163 116% 139 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 608 632 654 651 640 633 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,294 Write 2,168 Mixed 1,341 SusWrite 636 359% 1,610 MB/s	4K Read 69.4 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 92 307% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 71.1 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 333 265% 349 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 855GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 112 115 113 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 113 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 70%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 134 150 154 155 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 112 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 147 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.7 248% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 104%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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