Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics98.4% 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 Drive110% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180824
Uptime20 Days
Run DateOct 03 '19 at 03:55
Run Duration180 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$155
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 71.9
1-Core 103
2-Core 220
72% 132 Pts
4-Core 429
8-Core 673
68% 551 Pts
64-Core 805
50% 805 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.4% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 140
Parallax 114
102% 127 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 122
Splatting 104
91% 112 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 249 447 438 442 434 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 474
Write 434
Mixed 412
SusWrite 406
97% 431 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 93.2
4K Mixed 48.7
158% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 382
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 293
241% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 110%
Great: 125%
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-820 240GB
18GB free
Firmware: N1114B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 130 293 187 187 290 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 440
Write 289
Mixed 270
SusWrite 220
68% 305 MB/s
DQ Read 279
DQ Write 274
DQ Mixed 52.7
101% 202 MB/s
4K Read 17.8
4K Write 42.6
74% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 96%
Asmt 2115 500GB
185GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 289 295 276 276 273 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
53.5% Above average
Read 332
Write 269
Mixed 219
SusWrite 283
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 16.6
4K Write 21.1
4K Mixed 15.7
56% 17.8 MB/s
DQ Read 132
DQ Write 119
DQ Mixed 134
98% 128 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 53.5%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.9% Very good
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 25.1
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 22.2
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 97.1
41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop
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Workstation
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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $359
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