Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '21 at 20:42
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 245 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 728 75% 602 Pts	64-Core 973 60% 973 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 106 Parallax 109 92% 109 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 99.8 Splatting 92.2 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$30 11,181 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 210 208 186 171 160 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 541 Mixed 222 SusWrite 198 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 29.3 112% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 489 DQ Mixed 346 289% 415 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 223%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 52 27 71 24 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 310 Write 198 Mixed 88.8 SusWrite 57.7 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 26.3 67% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 96.8 DQ Mixed 22.5 49% 103 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 87%
MB2000GCWDA 2TB 2,811 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 826GB free Firmware: HPGH SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 143 Write 42.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 41.3 49% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 105%
MD500GBLS 500GB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 305GB free Firmware: 05.R0R.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 100 101 101 100 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 100 Write 97.7 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 101 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
V-Color TA48G30S815G 3x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 32.4 102% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 36.5 SC Mixed 28.8 88% 30.8 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 97%

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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 $15	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