Plasma beta is an important parameter characterizing dynamics of various systems such as the solar wind, planetary magnetospheres, and accretion disks. Dependence of some plasma properties such as spectral break, relative proton-electron heating, and intermittency has been studied using observations as well as simulations [1,2,3]. In this study, we use particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of turbulence to study various, yet unexplored, aspects of this beta variation. We analyze kinetic range electric fields, the variation of scale-to-scale energy transfer, and higher order statistics with respect to plasma beta. Systematic trends in the behavior of various quantities are discussed, and their implications for kinetic plasma dissipation are examined. Finally, we extend this approach to laminar reconnection, which shows turbulence like properties of magnetic spectrum and energy cascade [4,5]. References: Chen, et. al., Geophy. Res. Lett. 41.22 (2014); (https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL062009) Franci, et. al., ApJ 833 91 (2016); (https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/833/1/91) Parashar, et. al., ApJ Lett. 864 L21 (2018);(https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aadb8b ) Adhikari, et. al., Phys. of Plasmas 27,042305 (2020); (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5128376) Adhikari, et. al.(2021); (arXiv:2104.12013)