Asus PRIME B460M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive190% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B460M-A  (all builds)
Memory6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210129
Uptime6.6 Days
Run DateJun 02 '21 at 16:20
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i3-10100-$94
LGA1200, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 80.4
1-Core 121
2-Core 238
81% 147 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 522
56% 448 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 65%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
5.73% Terrible
Lighting 6
Reflection 5.6
Parallax 6.7
5% 6.1 fps
MRender 8.4
Gravity 6.1
Splatting 11.5
7% 8.67 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.73%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$54
135GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 888 1058 851 57 73 65 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
190% Outstanding
Read 1,258
Write 1,151
Mixed 1,150
SusWrite 499
228% 1,014 MB/s
4K Read 52.4
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 68.1
242% 87.5 MB/s
DQ Read 854
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 768
580% 780 MB/s
Poor: 122%
This bench: 190%
Great: 239%
Seagate BUP Slim 2TB
2TB free
Firmware: 1707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 126 118 117 117 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
68.4% Good
Read 118
Write 116
Mixed 74
SusWrite 120
79% 107 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
58.6% Above average
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 20.4
MC Mixed 19.6
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 13.4
SC Mixed 16
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 79.8
50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B460M-A Builds (Compare 4,415 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 89%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B460M-A - $110

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $612
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