Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	76.3% 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	42.5% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 05:34
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 89 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 970 86% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,345 83% 1,345 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$239 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Lighting 95.5 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 81.4 78% 87.7 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 77.3 73% 91.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 76%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Tcsunbow X3 480GB 2,146 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 289 82 77 58 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 451 Write 440 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 148 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 0.8 43% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 18 DQ Mixed 0.5 23% 59 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 38.6 MC Mixed 32.9 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 41.3 SC Mixed 29.4 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

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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	2,273x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	738x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,082x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 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	570x
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16