Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 31 '17 at 13:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69% Good	Memory 68.7 1-Core 93 2-Core 195 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 622 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 100 Parallax 87.9 82% 96.3 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 90.8 73% 89.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 227GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2060 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 258 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2019518400	73.1% Very good	Read 500 Write 398 Mixed 410 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 27.8 4K Mixed 13.9 85% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 35.4 DQ Mixed 26.3 37% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 134%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 221GB free Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15373 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1266 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 48 227632611364 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8577091111 (F7) Unknown 100 100 15916450 (F8) Unknown 100 100 217610280	62.5% Good	Read 489 Write 269 Mixed 347 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 19.2 74% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 39.2 DQ Mixed 29.6 37% 67.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 91%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7001Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 2,417 Write 931 Mixed 1,169 329% 1,506 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 29.6 4K Mixed 16.8 98% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 76.5 DQ Write 28.2 DQ Mixed 17.3 22% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 178 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 336 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 6 6 584801 (C2) HDA temperature 122 113 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 146 Mixed 137 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C DDR4 2x8GB 1,142 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.1% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 24.3 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 95%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A - $76

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	326x
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	228x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	167x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	231x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	213x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	191x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	97x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	58x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	77x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	63x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	44x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $384

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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