Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	134% 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 (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '21 at 15:30
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	66%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 100 2-Core 234 74% 137 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 675 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1000 302 300 291 273 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 1,008 Write 1,066 Mixed 391 SusWrite 408 160% 719 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 33.3 122% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 870 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 687 516% 698 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 367 167 168 172 158 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 468 Write 464 Mixed 264 SusWrite 243 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 27.1 109% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 101%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 46GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 140 44 136 43 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 459 Write 281 Mixed 316 SusWrite 126 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 32.6 134% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 198 171% 250 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 150 141 138 142 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 80.3 Write 132 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 142 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2933 C15 2x8GB 6,535 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 28.5 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.2 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 103%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING - $135

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	5,009x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	3,179x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	2,946x

GPU
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	1,510x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples	1,314x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	1,302x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	885x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	788x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	685x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	1,557x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	1,517x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	960x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $686

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