Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% 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.
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210201
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '21 at 14:04
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 3100 50,446 User benchmarks, average bench 75% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 85% 158 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 683 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.6.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 26.8 Parallax 21.8 13% 21.4 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 16 Splatting 24.7 18% 21.7 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU740 500GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 709GB free (System drive) Firmware: N200409a SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 13 39 12 41 13 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 468 Write 25.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 26.7 30% 142 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 24.6 112% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 40.4 48% 123 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 109%
Seagate BarraCuda Q5 ZP500CV30001 500GB 3,172 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 607GB free Firmware: SU5SH017 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 13 39 12 41 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 458 Write 352 Mixed 49.1 SusWrite 26.7 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 22.6 106% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 26.5 DQ Mixed 41.1 47% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 205%
Scst_fio l_1616686998 6TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 4.5TB free Firmware: 340 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 67 76 75 76 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 103 Write 75.2 Mixed 94 SusWrite 75.2 20% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 8.8 34% 9.1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.1 SC Mixed 16.7 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 109%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 29: 4R 3G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
29%	44%	16	170	132	60	23.5"	1920 1080	SAM0B47 S24D590

History: Score 6: 1R 0G 1B | Score 22: 2R 3G 3B | Score 29: 4R 3G 0B

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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	341x
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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Value: 103% - Outstanding

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