Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31.5% 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	164% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asrock AB350 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	45.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20181219
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 22:48
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 737 68% 570 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 30 Parallax 54.8 33% 41.6 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 37.4 30% 35.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 835 290 299 296 298 295 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 978 Mixed 710 SusWrite 386 213% 964 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 44.5 174% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 318 245% 340 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 223%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 194GB free Firmware: SAFC01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 451 459 458 463 454 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 475 Write 435 Mixed 338 SusWrite 456 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 38.3 128% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 40.4 36% 52.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 115%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 171 176 177 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 178 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 176 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 172% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 181GB free Firmware: SD25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 88 89 87 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 71.3 Write 53.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 87.1 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 4TB 3,378 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0406 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 141 143 148 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 134 Write 23 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 144 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.5 194% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 99%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 6.3 6 6.4 6.3 6.3 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 6 8% 7.55 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 7%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 233 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 0211 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 106 105 107 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 102 Write 101 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 105 113% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown? CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 029? CMK16GX4M2Z2666C16 029? CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 029? CMK16GX4M2Z2666C16 48GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2666, 2666, 2666, 2666 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	91.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 30.6 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 26.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 46%

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Desktop 77%

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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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Value: 93% - Outstanding

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 $177	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