Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics75.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181207
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateFeb 02 '20 at 08:54
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU3%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (53rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 74.9
1-Core 119
2-Core 235
79% 143 Pts
4-Core 424
8-Core 694
68% 559 Pts
64-Core 942
58% 942 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Lighting 93.4
Reflection 85.4
Parallax 87.3
76% 88.7 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 79.8
Splatting 78
74% 92.6 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
765GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 128 138 148 161 158 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Read 152
Write 149
Mixed 102
SusWrite 142
100% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.2
227% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 1TB
283GB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 18 17 18 17 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
14% Very poor
Read 30
Write 32
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 17.2
20% 26.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.7
209% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 14%
Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0708
SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 17 18 18 17 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
14.8% Very poor
Read 32.5
Write 34.2
Mixed 25.5
SusWrite 17.6
20% 27.4 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 0.6
180% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 14.8%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (88th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.8% Below average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 12.8
MC Mixed 12.8
38% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 12.8
SC Mixed 12.4
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 90.7
44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,454 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 103% - Outstanding Total price: $364
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