Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	223% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '20 at 10:41
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

Watch Gameplay: 580 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 149 2-Core 298 93% 174 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 848 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,077 67% 1,077 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 88 57% 76.2 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 71 Splatting 57.3 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$45 55,360 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: P2CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1386 435 421 409 408 397 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,316 Write 1,717 Mixed 1,358 SusWrite 576 280% 1,241 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 76 273% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,263 DQ Write 1,027 DQ Mixed 1,159 864% 1,150 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 253%
Team L3 EVO SSD 240GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 67GB free Firmware: SBFD00.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 59 73 74 46 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 478 Write 291 Mixed 326 SusWrite 109 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 33.9 144% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 195 177% 268 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 89%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 78 77 79 78 74 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 106 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 76.9 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 69%
Toshiba MK7575GSX 750GB-$63 7,628 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 250GB free Firmware: GT001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 57 58 56 55 55 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 92.9 Write 96.3 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 56.1 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 818GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 124 125 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 109 Write 118 Mixed 110 SusWrite 117 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 192% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 343GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 97 97 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 60.3 Mixed 51 SusWrite 96.1 98% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 28.1 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 26 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 111%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,458 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,265x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
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	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	341x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
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	253x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $179	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