Asus PRIME B450M-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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.
ProcessorWith 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-K  (all builds)
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201202
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 12 '21 at 20:15
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing below expectations (24th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 67.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 252
82% 152 Pts
4-Core 448
8-Core 742
73% 595 Pts
64-Core 913
56% 913 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Nvidia(10DE 1F06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.13
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 108
Parallax 122
98% 117 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 111
Splatting 102
104% 131 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 100%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SKC600256G 256GB
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: S4500104
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 479
Write 445
Mixed 404
99% 443 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 85
4K Mixed 48.3
161% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 356
DQ Mixed 255
213% 305 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
363GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 151 149 154 157 156 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
Read 133
Write 148
Mixed 55
SusWrite 154
89% 123 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38
2 of 2 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 17.7
MC Mixed 25
64% 22.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.8
SC Write 16.7
SC Mixed 22
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-K Builds (Compare 3,730 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-K

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 69% - Good Total price: $507
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