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Comparing the ASUS G10CE-BB1560TI with two custom built PCs.
ASUS G10CE-BB1560TI.
Features:
Core i5 11400F 11Gen CPU.
2 USB 3.0 5G Ports.
Single Combo audio jack.
Mid-level io Dual display ports 2 HDMI Ports.
NVDIA GTX 1660 Ti GPU
Basic CPU cooler
90-millimeter fan in the back
120- millimeter intake mountable in the front.
ROG BIOS
G10CE MOTHERBOARD
12G SK Hynix ddr4 3200 memory – 1 8G STICK AND 1 4G STICK.
Specs.
G10CE motherboard which is Pro B560M-CT/CSM
DDR4 Slots x4
M.2 Slots x2
PCIe Slots x3
BT/WiFi Through an add-on card.
SATA Ports x6
512G W SN 530 NMVE
600-WATT 80-PLUS Gold LiteOn power supply.
Building comparables, a copy with parts from Amazon and another with New Egg producing a PC that is Identical to the other two as much as possible with a budget of about $1000 assuming that we have a decent keyboard and a mouse and no build fee. It is advisable to use a wire for gaming so a WiFi is not included.
So, we end up with this;
Custom Build PC.
Specs.
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Mother board: MSI B450 Gaming Plus Max.
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4-3600MT/s
Storage: intel 670p 1TB M.2 NVMe
Video Card: MSI MECH 2X OC Radeon RX 6650 XT 8GB
Power supply: ASUS TUF Gaming 750W 80+Bronze
Case: Fractal design Focus G Mid tower
Operating system: Windows 11 Home
Comparison.
Testing the two PCs with Tina’s wonderlands on the high preset at 1080p, the ASUS prebuild actually handled the game nicely with a respectable 70 FPS average but the custom build almost doubled that at 126 FPS.
IN F1 some rainy laps on the Vancouver track on a high preset at 1080p, the off-the shelf PC managed 120 FPS compared to 154 FPS by the custom build PC. So actually, the BestBuy PC was out performed by about 28%.
On CS-GO the Best buy ASUS managed an average of 349 FPS while the custom build managed only 267 FPS. The reason behind this, well AMD advices enabling of smart access memory in our BIOS, once done and a rerun of the benchmark carried out, the BestBuy PC managed 349 FPS while the Custom Build managed 495 FPS marking a 42% increase.
As for non-gaming performance, after running benchmarks on 7-Zip, Monster, JuncShop and classroom it was pretty much the same story, the custom build out performs the pre-build PC but at least by close margins as shown in the table below.
| 7-Zip | Monster | JunkShop | Classroom | |
| BestBuy PC | 44 FPS | 394 FPS | 249 FPS | 202 FPS |
| Custom Build PC | 104 FPS | 578 FPS | 225 FPS | 229 FPS |
CONCLUSION.
After benchmarking it turns out that buying a PC off the shelf can actually work out for the customer as he would end up with a decent name and brand components at a lower price than buying the same components and paying someone to put them together.
But by buying smarter components and building at a budget of $1000 you end up building a better machine, so it is safe to say that this is a better option than buying at BestBuy.
The difference of about $200 arises because ASUS takes advantage by the fact that they manufacture most of the core components themselves.
