Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '20 at 18:24
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 68.3 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 89% 168 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 797 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 81.9 71% 85.8 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 78 Splatting 71 70% 87.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: S190802a SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 320 201 190 335 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 362 Write 352 Mixed 293 SusWrite 253 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 29.7 136% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 191 160% 226 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 442GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 156 159 161 161 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 110 SusWrite 159 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 112GB free Firmware: 5C.01G5C SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 45 46 47 47 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 48 Write 46.2 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 46.6 33% 44.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 4,221 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 14.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 62%

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,265x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,966x
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	649x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	595x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	341x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 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 $269	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 $178	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