Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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.

Run History

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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 20:25
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 80.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 722 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 944 58% 944 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.1% Very good	Lighting 89.9 Reflection 82.5 Parallax 84.4 73% 85.6 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 72 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1886 605 605 607 608 607 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,413 Write 2,302 Mixed 1,578 SusWrite 820 397% 1,778 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 73.7 241% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 822 591% 763 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 340%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$113 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 479 480 480 479 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 471 Mixed 438 SusWrite 479 106% 469 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 47.7 167% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 369 278% 372 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 128%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 40.2 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 32.3 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 29.3 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 79.8 50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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

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Gaming 49%

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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	2,275x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,972x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	741x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 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	571x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	443x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $364

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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16