Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	199% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190617
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 04 '20 at 06:53
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 113 2-Core 185 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 676 62% 517 Pts	64-Core 960 59% 960 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 78 Parallax 68.2 64% 75.1 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 73 Splatting 75 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 691 525 517 507 498 497 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,780 Write 1,624 Mixed 821 SusWrite 539 265% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.7 189% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 898 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 758 590% 811 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 213GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 463 429 292 292 292 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 475 Mixed 454 SusWrite 364 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 53.3 176% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 370 279% 374 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 498GB 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 464GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 127 127 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 126 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 161% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-4GVR F4-2400C15-4GRR 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 28.5 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 25.4 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,274x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,971x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	739x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia $296Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $238Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	597x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 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	571x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	442x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16