Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.3% 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	53.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 02:06
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 3400G-$110 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 78 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 82% 150 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 644 66% 531 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2302 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 4.4 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 60.5 4% 45.5 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 70.3 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 33 163 133 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 426 Write 364 Mixed 322 SusWrite 155 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 18.8 75% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 80.8 DQ Mixed 43.7 47% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 56%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 438GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 222 219 220 224 220 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 461 Mixed 363 SusWrite 241 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 46 160% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 263 223% 327 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 111%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 578GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 107 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 104 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BL4G24C16U4B.8FB BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD BL4G24C16U4B.8FB BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 27.5 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 25.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

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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	2,276x
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	1,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $34Bench 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: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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