Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	54.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	169% 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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '20 at 21:24
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 73.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 71% 126 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 584 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 812 50% 812 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D8) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 58.5 54% 63 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 65.1 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 303GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 407 412 413 421 419 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 383 Mixed 408 SusWrite 410 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 34.5 117% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 207 190% 293 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 125%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 428GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1154 1237 68 66 409 672 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 1,365 Write 1,284 Mixed 1,000 SusWrite 601 238% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 52.7 176% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 416 DQ Mixed 270 270% 439 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 295%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$69 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 413GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 282 284 276 286 285 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 163 Write 422 Mixed 373 SusWrite 282 71% 310 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 31.9 92% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 95.1 112% 188 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 214GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 376 293 138 137 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 400 Write 411 Mixed 332 SusWrite 241 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 32 104% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 244 186% 247 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 184GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 90 90 89 89 89 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 65.8 Write 71.7 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 88.4 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 63%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 0GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	4.17% Terrible	Read 2.8 Write 2 Mixed 2.3 SusWrite 2.2 3% 2.33 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.3 83% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.17% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.9% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 28.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

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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	2,257x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,961x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,078x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

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: $360

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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