Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 74.8 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 787 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 985 61% 985 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

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: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.8% Good	Lighting 88.7 Reflection 122 Parallax 78.9 72% 96.7 fps	MRender 87.2 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 71.6 65% 80.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 303 200 206 176 182 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 379 Write 322 Mixed 239 SusWrite 222 65% 290 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 47.5 138% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 85.2 136% 262 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 250GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 134 135 135 136 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 119 Write 72.3 Mixed 70.1 SusWrite 135 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 BLS8G4D26BFSC.16FBD2 Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 33.6 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 30.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,264x
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 $42Bench 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 $295	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