Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics22% 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 Drive47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B350M-A  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180419
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 10 '18 at 07:10
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110
AM4, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 204
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 454
52% 403 Pts
64-Core 493
30% 493 Pts
Poor: 61%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500
CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.1
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
22% Poor
Lighting 25.8
Reflection 28.2
Parallax 33
21% 29 fps
MRender 28.6
Gravity 25.4
Splatting 32.3
24% 28.8 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 22%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
22GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DXT06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
47.1% Average
Read 330
Write 53.5
Mixed 80.4
33% 155 MB/s
4K Read 25.3
4K Write 59.2
4K Mixed 11.8
85% 32.1 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 86.8
DQ Mixed 11.2
43% 98.2 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 47.1%
Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114
3.5TB free
Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
99.2% Outstanding
Read 184
Write 162
Mixed 142
122% 163 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.24
88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 99.2%
Great: 105%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$207
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 1500 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
92% Outstanding
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 35.4
MC Mixed 32.4
98% 34.2 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 27.4
SC Mixed 23.5
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 85.4
47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 92%
Great: 102%

 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: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $389
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