Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16% 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	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '20 at 06:42
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 80 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 752 75% 612 Pts	64-Core 967 60% 967 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 0B00) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1002 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	16% Very poor	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 20.1 18% 18.3 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 16.3 12% 14.5 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS240GMTS420S 240GB 851 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1121A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 159 87 69 49 51 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 502 Write 401 Mixed 381 SusWrite 133 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 21.4 103% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 33.5 74% 149 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 195 196 195 195 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 165 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 195 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 2400 C16 Series 4x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 28.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 28.7 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

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

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,270x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,970x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $33Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16