Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 22 '20 at 14:38
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 78.9
1-Core 113
2-Core 226
78% 139 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 682
68% 554 Pts
64-Core 905
56% 905 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
71.5% Very good
Lighting 94.5
Reflection 83.7
Parallax 73.5
77% 83.9 fps
MRender 69.5
Gravity 78.9
Splatting 74.2
61% 74.2 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 73%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 87 152 174 173 180 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
79.2% Very good
Read 128
Write 160
Mixed 77.8
SusWrite 148
94% 128 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
MC Read 31.5
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 28.5
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.9
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 25.3
73% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 82.5
48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,472 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $359
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