Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (29%). 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190729
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 754 75% 610 Pts	64-Core 1224 76% 1224 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.4% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 82.8 69% 82.8 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 68 65% 81.6 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 198 213 195 175 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 430 Write 412 Mixed 207 SusWrite 192 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 28.3 118% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 81.5 125% 238 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 595GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 425 427 429 428 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 438 Mixed 390 SusWrite 416 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 42.9 145% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 368 277% 369 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 33.5 103% 35.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.6 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 49%

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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 $85Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,257x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,961x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $199Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	734x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,078x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	647x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $240Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	594x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	340x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	273x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	216x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 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: 104% - Outstanding

Total price: $361

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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