Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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 Drive	25.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191015
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 00:38
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 716 74% 594 Pts	64-Core 954 59% 954 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 3755) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 108 Parallax 99.9 90% 106 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 77.6 77% 97.4 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 5.5 6.6 22 127 7.5 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.7% Poor	Read 179 Write 103 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 55.2 23% 105 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 10.7 48% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 59.1 32% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 100%
Kingston SUV500120G 120GB 4,749 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 30GB free Firmware: 003056RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 85 64 71 71 63 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 466 Write 342 Mixed 319 SusWrite 80.5 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 34.8 119% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 105 111% 183 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 83%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 160GB-$99 3,154 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 132GB free Firmware: FB2OC43C SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 63.2 Write 64 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 59.5 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 35%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 291GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 106 SusWrite 90.2 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x8GB 2,724 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 34.9 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 25.8 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 29.7 88% 30.7 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,963x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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