Asus B150M-A/M.2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.6% 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	The 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.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A/M.2 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	26.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '20 at 05:33
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 196 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 569 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.6% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 129 Parallax 111 92% 117 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 122 Splatting 97.8 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 52 34 60 67 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 81.5 Write 97.8 Mixed 48.5 SusWrite 50.8 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.1% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 111%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	264x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	256x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	107x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
9905625-062.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 3,107 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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