Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.7% 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	28.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 126 2-Core 225 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 497 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 110 98% 115 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 86.7 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.02% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.31 7% 9.49 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 16.6 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.02% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 83 10 12 29 64 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.3% Poor	Read 220 Write 96 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 64.9 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 11.2 48% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 27 DQ Mixed 124 65% 55.2 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 100%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 11GB free Firmware: CS900210 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 344 Mixed 326 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15 126% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 27.2 DQ Mixed 11 28% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
Kingston SA400M8240G 240GB 27,523 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 14GB free Firmware: SBFK61E1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 471 Write 327 Mixed 348 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 43.7 166% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 208 180% 265 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 91%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 47GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 79 80 79 80 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 66.5 Write 61.2 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 78.1 41% 57 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 54%
Toshiba MQ01ABD032 320GB-$50 10,446 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 9GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 70 69 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 61.5 Write 63.7 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 68.7 40% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.2 74% 25.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 107%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	586x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	540x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	182x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	88x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	53x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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