Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.8% 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	351% 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200714
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 13:20
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G-$101 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 692 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics 47,368 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Asus(1043 876B) 3GB Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 20 Parallax 31.4 19% 24.9 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 26 Splatting 24 18% 22 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1849 1979 1987 2021 2062 2061 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	351% Outstanding	Read 2,678 Write 2,121 Mixed 1,309 SusWrite 1,993 453% 2,025 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 78.2 265% 93.8 MB/s	DQ Read 972 DQ Write 834 DQ Mixed 895 673% 900 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 351% Great: 393%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 908GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 185 186 187 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 178 Mixed 104 SusWrite 185 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GB-$50 87,344 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.8 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 42.4 SC Mixed 28.7 92% 32.2 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 120%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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 $36Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

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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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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