Asus PRIME B450M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B450M-A (all builds)
Memory	56.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '22 at 01:13
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 109 2-Core 188 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 633 58% 488 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Asus(1043 86A3) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 87.3 76% 91.4 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 87 Splatting 75.1 70% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Adata SU650 240GB-$70 47,016 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 368 387 379 124 171 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Write 188 Mixed 1 SusWrite 281 36% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 0% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 38GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 110 109 111 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 77.8 Write 118 Mixed 71 SusWrite 111 70% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 102 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 154 Write 150 Mixed 96.1 SusWrite 105 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%
NOVATEKN vt-DSC 128GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 103GB free, PID 8611 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 12.2 Write 12.7 Mixed 12 SusWrite 12.5 17% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 3.7 259% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2D3600C18 2x31.5GB 4,599 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 37.1 114% 40 GB/s	SC Read 28.6 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 30 92% 32.3 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 127%

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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	2,276x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	1,974x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	742x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	1,084x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 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 $34Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	443x
DDR4 3000 2x8GBAdataBench 80%, 77,202 samples	253x

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Value: 103% - Outstanding

Total price: $365

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16