Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	283% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '20 at 05:59
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 83.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 768 77% 628 Pts	64-Core 994 62% 994 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FBE) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 86.1 Parallax 74.5 78% 85.3 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 77.3 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG SPECTRIX S40G 512GB 26,235 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: VB411D43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1260 849 1268 1311 346 506 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	283% Outstanding	Read 2,520 Write 1,461 Mixed 1,355 SusWrite 923 347% 1,565 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 75.3 257% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,199 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 927 722% 999 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 283% Great: 309%
T-force 250GB 250GB 3,095 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 153GB free Firmware: Q0727A SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 450 434 464 466 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 462 Mixed 454 SusWrite 450 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 60.7 201% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 131 164% 292 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 420GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 154 163 164 163 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 161 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3200 2x8GB 87,891 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 34.9 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 31.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 112%

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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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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
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: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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