Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock AB350 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170420
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 70.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 709 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 872 54% 872 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1328 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.6% Average	Lighting 57.7 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 73.5 47% 66.8 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 56 Splatting 56 49% 60.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 147 153 137 129 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 409 Write 191 Mixed 190 SusWrite 143 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 20.1 71% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 72.7 DQ Mixed 96.1 79% 115 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 91%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 227GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 75 75 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 56.8 Write 43 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 74.8 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 63%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 477GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 101 101 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 13.3 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 101 47% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 58%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 70 70 73 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 90.3 Write 25 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 72.4 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2134 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.1% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.5 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 79%

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Typical AB350 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 566 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	128x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	64x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	63x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	58x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	48x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	18x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	24x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	10x

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Total price: $347

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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