Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200728
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 19:55
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^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 3600-$83 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 74.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 274 88% 164 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 742 78% 623 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.8% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 85.9 Parallax 77.8 62% 80 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 77.1 Splatting 70 67% 83.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Sol id State Disk 256GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 140 112 58 44 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 460 Write 399 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 99.5 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 32.6 47% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 42.3 68% 128 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 265GB free Firmware: MS1O SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 138 123 151 115 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 157 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 135 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 239,203 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.6% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 27.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 24.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 56: 5R 8G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
56%	20%	100	294	227	60	23.5"	1920 1080	PHLC0D1 PHL 243V5

History: Score 37: 3R 5G 7B | Score 56: 5R 8G 7B

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 46%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B450M-A - $78

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	2,262x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,965x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	736x

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	273x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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