Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.51% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive149% 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)
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180608
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 04 '19 at 01:27
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User VNM-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 77
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
83% 152 Pts
4-Core 487
8-Core 942
85% 714 Pts
64-Core 1,308
81% 1,308 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 84%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7730
MSI(1462 8091) 1GB
CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
6.51% Terrible
Lighting 7.83
Reflection 10.5
Parallax 10.6
6% 9.64 fps
MRender 7.1
Gravity 7.5
Splatting 9.57
7% 8.05 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 6.51%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingmax PCIe SSD 256GB
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 899 639 262 253 261 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 827
Write 907
Mixed 814
SusWrite 534
174% 770 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 96.9
4K Mixed 49.4
169% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 698
DQ Write 717
DQ Mixed 596
479% 670 MB/s
Poor: 83%
This bench: 149%
Great: 227%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 193 183 193 193 196 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Read 151
Write 149
Mixed 68.3
SusWrite 189
101% 139 MB/s
4K Read 1.7
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.4
130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Avexir DDR4-2400 C16 16GB 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
39.8% Below average
MC Read 14.1
MC Write 12.2
MC Mixed 12.2
37% 12.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.5 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 40%

 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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