Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). 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	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 21:46
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 236 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 712 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 843 52% 843 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76.2% 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: 456.55 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.5 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 34.1 29% 35 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 32.3 28% 35 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 81%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 300 Write 248 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 71.8 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 14.2 70% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 109 84% 119 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 121%

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 way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 99.8 40% 99.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.1% 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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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	1,974x
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 $238Bench 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	253x

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Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	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