Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	15.3% 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	229% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '21 at 22:58
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$125 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 71.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 773 76% 624 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% EVGA(3842 6336) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Lighting 19.2 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 19.6 16% 19.2 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 20.1 Splatting 18.1 15% 17.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 1275 1241 1211 1139 1112 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,694 Write 1,292 Mixed 832 SusWrite 1,243 283% 1265 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 48.4 158% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 859 DQ Mixed 732 571% 779 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 353%
WDC WD60EDAZ-11BMZB0 6TB 266 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 177 178 174 180 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 197 Write 168 Mixed 111 SusWrite 177 37% 163 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.7 12% 4.57 MB/s	DQ Read 0.8 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 1.2 2% 4.43 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 45.6 MC Write 41.9 MC Mixed 35.4 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 31.9 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 97.3 41% 97.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 129%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	84.6"	1280 701	SAM7017 SAMSUNG

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $54Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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