Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77% 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	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 06:47
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 62.1 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 85% 162 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 808 85% 682 Pts	64-Core 992 61% 992 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 3750) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 90.4 Parallax 84.1 79% 90.6 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 87.4 Splatting 78.6 73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 640GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 78 80 78 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 415 Write 84 Mixed 118 SusWrite 78.1 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 24.6 100% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 106 78% 103 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 121%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 8 7.9 7.9 8 7.9 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 7.8 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 7.6 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64AZ-2G6H1 1x16GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	49.4% Average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,277x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,975x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,085x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	217x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	572x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	443x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	254x

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Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16