Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	26.5% 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	47.2% 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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 15:03
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (88^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 75.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 604 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.3% 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: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2089 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.5% Poor	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.2 9% 50.7 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 73.8 Splatting 75.3 60% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 90 26 134 134 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 402 Write 303 Mixed 276 SusWrite 138 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 16.7 60% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 67 DQ Mixed 43.8 46% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 56%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 314GB free Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 212 207 210 208 207 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 443 Mixed 330 SusWrite 230 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 39.4 145% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 260 220% 321 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 111%
WD Re 2TB-$33 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 682GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 103 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 130 Write 124 Mixed 102 SusWrite 104 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.2% 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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.5% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 27.2 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.8 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.9 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 84%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,278x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,976x
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 $240Bench 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	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	254x

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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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16