Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	176% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200714
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '21 at 23:47
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3400G-$98 93,718 User benchmarks, average bench 68% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 59 1-Core 119 2-Core 217 71% 132 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 616 58% 484 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8787) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 125 Parallax 92.8 73% 103 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 70.6 70% 87.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 735 541 463 457 468 454 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,970 Write 1,952 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 520 349% 1,558 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 48.2 157% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 386 284% 377 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 297%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 201 208 208 216 209 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 116 Write 132 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 206 96% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 246GB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 75 74 73 74 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	30% Poor	Read 56.5 Write 58.3 Mixed 40.3 SusWrite 73.9 79% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 1,325 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 21.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 131 31% 131 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 108%

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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	2,264x
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 $37Bench 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 $300	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