Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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
MotherboardAsus PRIME B350M-A  (all builds)
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170620
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 04 '17 at 04:11
Run Duration167 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195
AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 80.8
1-Core 103
2-Core 196
72% 127 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 703
65% 540 Pts
64-Core 1,088
67% 1,088 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 81%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
112% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 182
Parallax 171
117% 165 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 168
Splatting 119
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 112%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_M550_MTFDDAK512MAY 512GB
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Read 522
Write 481
Mixed 484
111% 496 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 60.1
4K Mixed 16.4
92% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 24.3
DQ Write 64.7
DQ Mixed 50
37% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
1.5TB free
Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Read 138
Write 148
Mixed 140
107% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.77
4K Write 2.47
4K Mixed 0.28
108% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 84%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67
931GB free
Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.4% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 163
Mixed 193
134% 178 MB/s
4K Read 0.98
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.19
89% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.4%
Great: 107%
LaCie 2big v2 THB USB3 6TB
5TB free, PID 1077
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 293
Write 281
Mixed 184
313% 252 MB/s
4K Read 1.06
4K Write 3.09
4K Mixed 0.35
121% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 113%
Great: 127%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz
Performing below potential (65th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
92.6% Outstanding
MC Read 40
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 29.6
95% 33.3 GB/s
SC Read 23.2
SC Write 38.1
SC Mixed 25.4
83% 28.9 GB/s
Latency 79.1
51% 79.1 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME B350M-A Builds (Compare 2,113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 43%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A - $76

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $384
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