Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	213% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190425
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '19 at 22:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 77 1-Core 142 2-Core 282 90% 167 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 861 88% 708 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Zotac(19DA 3527) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 85.4 80% 92.4 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.2 Splatting 76 72% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 359GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 880 888 908 911 911 273 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,330 Write 921 Mixed 838 SusWrite 795 217% 971 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 77.2 279% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 797 DQ Mixed 221 267% 451 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 209%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 175 174 177 177 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 217 Write 170 Mixed 109 SusWrite 175 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 29.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 29 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 106%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,270x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
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	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	596x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	342x
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	568x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $37Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16