Asus B150M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics68.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus B150M-A  (all builds)
Memory7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160923
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMar 11 '18 at 00:01
Run Duration101 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 29%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 104
2-Core 212
75% 133 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 418
54% 407 Pts
64-Core 420
26% 420 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
68.7% Good
Lighting 85.5
Reflection 90.7
Parallax 46.7
70% 74.3 fps
MRender 82.2
Gravity 79.7
Splatting 82.4
67% 81.4 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
Read 152
Write 142
Mixed 126
105% 140 MB/s
4K Read 0.42
4K Write 1.26
4K Mixed 0.32
77% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (12th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.7% Very good
MC Read 26.2
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 24.4
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 19.6
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 76
53% 76 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B150M-A Builds (Compare 1,241 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 26%
Raft

Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 49% - Average Total price: $888
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