Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	171% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '22 at 07:30
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 66.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 86% 162 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 883 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,421 88% 1,421 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPEKNW010T8 1TB 3,285 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 245 120 101 100 137 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,277 Write 1,321 Mixed 948 SusWrite 181 208% 932 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 68.9 242% 89.2 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 868 DQ Mixed 270 338% 591 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 258%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 291GB free Firmware: JA0OA5M0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 91 92 93 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	52% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 87.4 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 91.1 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 57%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 622GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 140 141 137 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 93.4 Write 74.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 139 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 349% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 24.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 22 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 107%

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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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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,263x
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	274x
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 $300	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 $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