Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1672 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 20:40
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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-$80 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 76.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 272 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 776 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Nvidia(10DE 2184) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 2190 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 92.8 Reflection 88.1 Parallax 77.3 76% 86.1 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 77.3 Splatting 70.4 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk G5 BICS4 500GB 7,142 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 202 197 161 135 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 460 Mixed 351 SusWrite 188 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 49.9 166% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 233 190% 269 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 19GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 145 154 149 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 186 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 152 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 113%
WD 2500BEK External 250GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 98GB free, PID 0704 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 38.7 Mixed 31.1 SusWrite 39.4 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 105% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 34,561 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.9% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 30.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 86.5 46% 86.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 111%

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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 $80Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,281x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $145Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,980x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $200Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $290Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $239Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $37Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16