Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.3% 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 Drive196% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180824
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 16 '18 at 19:48
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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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 7 1800X-$60
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 72.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 218
76% 136 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 678
62% 522 Pts
64-Core 1,238
77% 1,238 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.3% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 113
Parallax 95.9
82% 103 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 92.9
Splatting 99.5
79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.3%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
74GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1205 299 301 309 313 313 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
196% Outstanding
Read 2,276
Write 1,465
Mixed 1,167
SusWrite 457
297% 1,341 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 50.6
180% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 444
DQ Write 534
DQ Mixed 749
492% 576 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 196%
Great: 280%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
79.8% Very good
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 26.6
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 23.3
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 95.7
42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,449 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: $359
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