Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 67%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	31.2% 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)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '18 at 07:36
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67% Good	Memory 66.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 202 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 502 55% 434 Pts	64-Core 508 32% 508 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 11BF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 30.7 Parallax 36.9 32% 35.5 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 35.7 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37240G 120GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 70 45 43 60 47 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 452 Write 351 Mixed 131 SusWrite 76.8 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 31 110% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 105 117% 199 MB/s
Poor: 45% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 185GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 61 60 57 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25% Poor	Read 29.5 Write 62.5 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 57.8 32% 44 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 113%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 205GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 35 35 34 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 34.7 42% 30.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 11,823 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.5% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 1.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 43%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $45Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $389

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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