Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


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 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	138% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 17:21
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 82.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 722 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% EVGA(3842 3667) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 182 Parallax 178 162% 186 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 144 Splatting 123 121% 152 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 25 36 35 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 150 Write 98.8 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 36.2 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 40GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 87 87 55 56 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 91.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 72.1 59% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D26BFSTK.8FD 2x8GB 4,186 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 15.7 47% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 17.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 96%

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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 $82Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,259x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,964x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	735x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,080x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $233Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	567x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	439x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	252x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $358

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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