Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '17 at 18:27
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 68.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 202 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 649 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 839 52% 839 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 168 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18027 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 82 82 18010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 7979 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3919 (BE) vendor-specific 61 53 656277543 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 506 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17520 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 116 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.44 111% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 106 7450 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9171 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7872 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 135143 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	24.9% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 41.6 Mixed 42.5 32% 43 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D2 2x8GB 1,659 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2666 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 32.2 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 25.3 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

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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	326x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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