Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	16.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '19 at 08:18
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 1400-$87 71,313 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 552 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.9% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 90.3 0% 53.4 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 56.1 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 200 203 162 179 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 284 SusWrite 183 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 45.4 162% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 309 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 233 191% 273 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 608GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 98 96 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 93.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 96.4 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 793GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 170 173 173 170 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 168 Mixed 82 SusWrite 171 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 2.8 6 4.4 4 6 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Read 23.5 Write 2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 5.4 9% 9.23 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 2.7 154% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (82^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 33.5 MC Mixed 34.2 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 34.7 SC Mixed 25.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A - $76

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	327x
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	228x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	167x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	97x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	63x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	44x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $384

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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