Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics69.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B450M-A  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '19 at 07:18
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 2700-$185
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 74.5
1-Core 102
2-Core 201
71% 126 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 733
69% 574 Pts
64-Core 1,129
70% 1,129 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.8% Good
Lighting 91.1
Reflection 83.5
Parallax 71.7
74% 82.1 fps
MRender 69.1
Gravity 78.4
Splatting 75.6
61% 74.4 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 73%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 193 200 200 200 201 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 205
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 193
111% 154 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2
364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38% Below average
MC Read 13.8
MC Write 11.6
MC Mixed 12.1
36% 12.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 13.1
SC Mixed 13.7
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 91.5
44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 38%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B450M-A Builds (Compare 10,435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 105% - Outstanding Total price: $358
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