Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.4% 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	227% 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	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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 15:50
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3600-$82 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 79.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 281 89% 166 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 835 78% 650 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 9460) CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 31.9 22% 30.4 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 26.4 Splatting 34.6 26% 30.6 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 312GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1548 526 518 530 525 532 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1419 Write 1,610 Mixed 1,528 SusWrite 696 296% 1,313 MB/s	4K Read 54.5 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 80.6 285% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 1,084 DQ Mixed 1,019 738% 940 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 267%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 43GB free Firmware: 2.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 60 60 60 60 60 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 196 Write 60.1 Mixed 88.2 SusWrite 60.4 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 29.3 113% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 64.4 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 57.7 45% 61.5 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 201 202 207 206 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 165 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 203 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%
Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L 1.5TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 744GB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 100 109 97 113 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	60% Good	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 103 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3000-MR 2x8GB 3,342 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 33.4 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 32.7 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 101%

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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%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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