Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics54.1% 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 Drive234% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201202
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 17 '21 at 00:53
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$125
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.1% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 119
2-Core 236
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 690
72% 577 Pts
64-Core 969
60% 969 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 85.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217
MSI(1462 3822) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.10.2
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
54.1% Above average
Lighting 72
Reflection 68.2
Parallax 96.6
59% 78.9 fps
MRender 55.3
Gravity 73.1
Splatting 42.1
45% 56.8 fps
Poor: 46%
This bench: 54.1%
Great: 54%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
274GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 778 792 729 706 741 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
234% Outstanding
Read 1,854
Write 2,155
Mixed 1739
SusWrite 787
368% 1,634 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 71.4
240% 88.1 MB/s
DQ Read 944
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 785
600% 816 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 234%
Great: 297%
WD WD20EZAZ-00WGYX0 2TB
16GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 106 105 108 108 108 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 18% Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$63
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
MC Read 44.3
MC Write 40.7
MC Mixed 35
114% 40 GB/s
SC Read 27.7
SC Write 37.7
SC Mixed 29.1
90% 31.5 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,437 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $360
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