Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.4% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	19.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '21 at 14:25
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 227 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 678 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.4% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 95.9 56% 76.3 fps	MRender 62.8 Gravity 72 Splatting 47.3 48% 60.7 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38 78,255 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 29 41 44 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 1,442 Write 905 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 59.6 132% 608 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 17.7 111% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 14.3 DQ Mixed 30.3 59% 128 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 242%
WDC WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 2TB 47,517 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 185 188 185 190 187 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	Read 203 Write 185 Mixed 102 SusWrite 187 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 9.6 4K Mixed 0.7 12% 4.83 MB/s	DQ Read 0.7 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 1.3 2% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 23%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 820GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 126 127 127 127 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 79.8 Write 138 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 126 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 181% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 26.5 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 23.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 59: 6R 6G 11B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
59%	43%	54	318	251	60	27"	1920 1080	DELF10D DELL SE2719H

History: Score 18: 1R 3G 4B | Score 72: 9R 5G 12B | Score 31: 4R 2G 5B | Score 59: 6R 6G 11B

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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