Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	56.4% 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 Drive	44.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 03:30
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 79.3 2-Core 167 63% 108 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 530 50% 414 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PowerColor(148C 2378) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 98.4 58% 80.1 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 58.7 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB 58,990 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG5000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 43 14 17 26 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Read 443 Write 371 Mixed 269 SusWrite 73.1 64% 289 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 18 58% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 81.5 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 44.8 45% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 376GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 84 89 76 77 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 91.8 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 80.8 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 642GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 18 28 30 30 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	9.56% Terrible	Read 7 Write 18.7 Mixed 8 SusWrite 26.4 11% 15 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 9.56% Great: 72%
SanDisk Cruzer Pop 4GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 4GB free, PID 5577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 21 Write 11.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.1 13% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FE 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 27.5 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 21 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 80%

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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	2,265x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,966x
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	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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