Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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	5.8 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	Jan 15 '21 at 10:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 68.1 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 89% 169 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 811 87% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,058 66% 1,058 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 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	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 88.5 Parallax 82.4 72% 86.5 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 71.3 70% 87.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: S190802a SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 343 342 336 338 344 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 477 Mixed 467 SusWrite 342 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.3 167% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 43.7 98% 201 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 342GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 177 181 183 182 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 165 Mixed 119 SusWrite 181 125% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 72GB free Firmware: 5C.01G5C SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 55 57 57 57 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 56 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 56.4 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.5% 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 as expected (57^th percentile)	43.5% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 14 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 62%

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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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Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,279x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,978x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $51Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	255x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16