Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B350M-A  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180413
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 23 '18 at 03:30
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 30%

 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 3 2200G-$104
AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 71.4
1-Core 119
2-Core 236
77% 142 Pts
4-Core 435
8-Core 454
59% 445 Pts
64-Core 451
28% 451 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX Vega 8 (Ryzen iGPU)
Asus(1043 876B) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
11% Very poor
Lighting 13.4
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 17.5
11% 14.8 fps
MRender 6.62
Gravity 13.5
Splatting 17.8
11% 12.6 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 11%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD1600AABS-00PRA0 160GB
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
36.3% Below average
Read 66.7
Write 59.6
Mixed 61.3
47% 62.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.31
4K Write 1.29
4K Mixed 0.36
77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 36.3%
Great: 52%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB-$59
81GB free
Firmware: PB3OC60N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
25.6% Poor
Read 43.4
Write 45.4
Mixed 41.2
33% 43.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.15
4K Mixed 0.31
75% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 25.6%
Great: 42%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
42.1% Average
MC Read 15.2
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 13.9
41% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 13.9
SC Mixed 13.8
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 98.2
41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 42.1%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B350M-A Builds (Compare 2,115 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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