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 as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '20 at 01:36
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 3 2200G-$104 181,631 User benchmarks, average bench 60% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 69.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 187 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 426 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: HP40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 80 90 80 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 84.1 Write 88.8 Mixed 62 SusWrite 81.5 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 189 193 194 191 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 126 Write 173 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 188 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 88%

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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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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	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 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