Asrock AB350 Gaming K4

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	135% 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.

Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock AB350 Gaming K4 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190619
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 17:08
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	82%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 705 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.8% Average	Lighting 60.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 63.5 50% 64.9 fps	MRender 68.4 Gravity 62.1 Splatting 55.6 50% 62 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 106 54 55 58 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,451 Write 131 Mixed 222 SusWrite 84.7 101% 472 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 44.3 170% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 359 287% 417 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 292%
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 105GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 123 34 35 35 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 357 Write 343 Mixed 317 SusWrite 75 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 65.2 4K Mixed 34.7 122% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 155 128% 181 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 187 187 187 187 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 156 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 186 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 37.9 MC Mixed 33.1 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

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Typical AB350 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 565 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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