Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '20 at 14:02
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$155 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 234 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 763 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,027 64% 1,027 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 81%

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: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.8 92% 104 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 85.1 82% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 5 58 51 6.9 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 508 Write 445 Mixed 12.4 SusWrite 93.6 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 0.4 43% 11 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 92%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 138GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 445 460 288 246 244 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 464 Mixed 383 SusWrite 322 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 36.2 127% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 295 221% 293 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 924GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 181 176 176 185 186 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 122 Write 129 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 180 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 189GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 181 180 180 187 188 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 130 Write 161 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 183 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3000 C16 Series 2x8GB 2,825 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 33 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 26.7 SC Write 34.6 SC Mixed 28.7 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,264x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	737x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	648x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $37Bench 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	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16