Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	208% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 09:58
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 215 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 627 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 867 54% 867 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% PNY(196E 11D8) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 65 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 51.9 53% 60.1 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 68.4 56% 68.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 487GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1103 1354 1408 1437 505 15 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,503 Write 1,464 Mixed 1,086 SusWrite 970 282% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 62.7 205% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 272 277% 456 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 295%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 304GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 446 457 462 461 464 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 462 Mixed 438 SusWrite 444 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 45 144% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 237 205% 300 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 125%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 413GB free Firmware: X61170RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 391 395 392 396 392 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 464 Mixed 379 SusWrite 391 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 46.8 158% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 288 234% 332 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 119%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 213GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 474 179 152 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 459 Write 470 Mixed 388 SusWrite 264 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 36.2 128% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 301 221% 286 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 95%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 186GB free Firmware: 0109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 59 56 54 65 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 32.2 Write 39.7 Mixed 32 SusWrite 56 30% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.1 76% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 63%
Kingston FCR-HS219/1 0GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 6148 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.9% Terrible	Read 3 Write 2.2 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.4 3% 2.53 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.5 97% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.9% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 Crucial BLT8G4D26AFTA.16FBD 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 28.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 25.6 76% 26.7 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 80%

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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 $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,279x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,978x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $206Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	744x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,086x
RTX 2060Nvidia $291Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	650x
GTX 1660S (Super)Nvidia $235Bench 71%, 428,800 samples	598x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	343x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	274x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	218x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	573x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	444x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	255x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $359

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16