Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 29% Raft


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	73.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '20 at 12:44
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	76%

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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 A10-9700 APU (2016 M.BR) 11,837 User benchmarks, average bench 42% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 67.5 1-Core 71.3 2-Core 89.2 49% 76 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 212 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8756) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 82.7 75% 85.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 78.4 Splatting 73.6 72% 90 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB 35,237 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 176 182 166 156 147 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 467 Write 232 Mixed 248 SusWrite 177 62% 281 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 25.8 110% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 206 165% 232 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 67GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 104 104 102 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 62 SusWrite 103 63% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 71GB free Firmware: CC97 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 125 126 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 51 Write 57.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 120 46% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FADP 1x8GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.1% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 9.6 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 47%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $155Bench 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 $300	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 $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