Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 20:35
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (85^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 739 70% 579 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 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	72.3% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 82.4 Parallax 77.5 73% 83.3 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 73.7 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2115 612 607 611 612 613 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,484 Write 2,315 Mixed 1,603 SusWrite 862 406% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 75.3 247% 83.9 MB/s	DQ Read 892 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 824 597% 780 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 340%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$105 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 931GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 479 480 479 479 480 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 484 Mixed 443 SusWrite 478 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 52 174% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 370 279% 373 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$32 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 26.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%

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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 $86Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,288x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,980x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	745x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,089x
RTX 2060Nvidia $288Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	652x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $195Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	599x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	256x

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Value: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $362

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16