Asus PRIME B350M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.78% 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 Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B350M-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-9600 APU (2016 D.BR) 12,273 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 135 55% 92.5 Pts	4-Core 226 8-Core 234 31% 230 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 37,078 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 8719) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 9.4 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 12 8% 11 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 8.63 Splatting 11 8% 9.61 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: S9FM02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 6881 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (A2) Unknown 85 85 78 (AA) Unknown 100 100 179 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5375852 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4197 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3922	33.3% Below average	Read 290 Write 62.4 Mixed 85.4 31% 146 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 3.42 54% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 85.7 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 2.61 19% 45.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 84%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 69 181912311 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 43 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1248443 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -19786914332654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 69 437583894 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 77309411350 (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 50143743180814 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1407050264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 493231965 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.1% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 85.2 Mixed 71.7 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.63 124% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 983GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 72 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 72 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23463 (C2) HDA temperature 122 114 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	75.4% Very good	Read 127 Write 135 Mixed 123 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.19 90% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 96%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 1,355 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 103 Write 99 Mixed 94.9 127% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.2% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 13.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 9.6 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 91%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 39%

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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 $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 $279	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 $184	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