Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 23:50
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 698 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 969 60% 969 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$21 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 430GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 95 91 98 95 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 58.2 Mixed 56.7 SusWrite 95 55% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 61%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 32GB 23,482 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 25GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 11 6.7 8.2 8.2 9.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 24.1 Write 17.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 9.8 23% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 149% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 BLS8G4D32AESBK.M8FE Corsair CMW16GX4M2D3000C16 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 32.6 101% 35.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.6 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
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	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

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: $359

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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