Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	121% 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.

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System	Gigabyte AB350-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190506
Uptime	7.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 19:38
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	23%

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 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 177 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 323 8-Core 591 55% 457 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 44.9 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 53.3 37% 45.3 fps	MRender 33.2 Gravity 42.1 Splatting 26.7 27% 34 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8000 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$100 2,434 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: C2.1.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 226 226 226 229 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 945 Write 970 Mixed 788 SusWrite 319 169% 756 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 43.1 144% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 421 316% 418 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 181%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 129GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 156 145 152 145 156 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 392 Write 215 Mixed 235 SusWrite 153 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 33.5 118% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 70.3 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 126 95% 123 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 85%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 74GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 53 52 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 53.2 Mixed 38 SusWrite 53.2 37% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 270GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 105 77 60 61 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 83 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 93.5 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 113%
Samsung HM321HI 320GB-$90 12,451 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 44GB free Firmware: 2AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 69 68 67 70 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 48 Write 28.8 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 68.8 33% 45.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 50%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 177GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 66 67 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 72.7 Write 68 Mixed 40 SusWrite 68.7 46% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 98% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 25.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.7 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-AB350-Gaming 3-CF - $90

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	651x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	291x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	218x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	277x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	190x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	181x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	85x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	80x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	73x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	170x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	98x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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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 $179	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