Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	191% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '22 at 20:48
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 748 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Zotac(19DA 5527) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.95 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 84.4 74% 88.3 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 78.7 Splatting 71.3 70% 88.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8250G 250GB 42,173 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 134 155 162 122 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,525 Write 1,145 Mixed 1,032 SusWrite 197 217% 974 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 79.6 268% 92.5 MB/s	DQ Read 800 DQ Write 737 DQ Mixed 264 336% 600 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 236%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 47GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 397 406 412 393 381 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 395 Mixed 304 SusWrite 400 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 48.9 161% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 201 193% 304 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 117%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 330GB free Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 436 437 441 246 246 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 382 Write 461 Mixed 383 SusWrite 370 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 53.2 173% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 161 180% 304 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 398GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 476 477 482 451 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 485 Mixed 446 SusWrite 449 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 58.9 193% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 373 281% 375 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,524 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 34.9 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 28.5 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 30.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%

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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	2,263x
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 $35Bench 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	252x

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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