Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.2% 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 Drive	94.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170406
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 21:41
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X-$131 70,038 User benchmarks, average bench 66% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 636 68% 542 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Lighting 37.6 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 33.9 31% 33.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 35.2 Splatting 34.8 29% 36 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 322 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1122768736	94.4% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 415 Mixed 415 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 23.1 138% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 22.8 62% 132 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 502GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 128 99 1793347016 (03) Spinup time 95 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4782572 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1396 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590852141 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 43 13238534165 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 667 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4414 (C2) HDA temperature 21 57 42949672981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 26 1793347016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 82235738817894 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2532069079 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2521942446	29.1% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 47.6 Mixed 65.4 42% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42 105,447 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 13.6 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 88%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical PRIME B350M-A Builds (Compare 2,114 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 39%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B350M-A - $76

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	327x
Ryzen 5 1400AMD $87Bench 61%, 71,313 samples	228x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 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 $45Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $389

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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