Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 23%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics28.7% 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)
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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B350M-A  (all builds)
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180122
Uptime5.4 Days
Run DateSep 26 '18 at 10:16
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 74.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 206
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 383
8-Core 626
62% 504 Pts
64-Core 809
50% 809 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203
PwrHis(1787 2321) 2GB
CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Lighting 36.2
Reflection 33
Parallax 43.5
30% 37.5 fps
MRender 28.9
Gravity 30.7
Splatting 37.6
27% 32.4 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 28%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
44GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,930
Write 1,316
Mixed 496
273% 1,248 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 48.5
181% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 918
DQ Write 678
DQ Mixed 752
574% 782 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
547GB free
Firmware: CC29
SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 196 195 195 196 196 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 162
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 195
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 109%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31
118GB free
Firmware: CC47
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 157 154 153 158 159 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 122
Write 101
Mixed 77.5
SusWrite 156
84% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 1
183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
53GB free
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 136 137 136 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Read 134
Write 133
Mixed 66.5
SusWrite 136
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15/8G IM48GU88N24-FFFHMB 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
79.8% Very good
MC Read 33.2
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 28.6
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.8
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 23.8
70% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 92.2
43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B350M-A Builds (Compare 2,113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A - $76

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $389
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