Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.7% 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	84.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (36^th 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-$170 282,363 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 (60^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 81.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 591 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 100% 137 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 121 Splatting 110 91% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 354 403 347 207 170 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 366 Write 422 Mixed 302 SusWrite 307 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 34.4 123% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 249 201% 283 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 101%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 147 148 152 147 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 148 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 136 133 136 136 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 74 75 78 74 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 51 Write 77.7 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 74.4 50% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.5 155% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 66%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 223GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 109 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 111 Write 106 Mixed 30 SusWrite 109 64% 89 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 331GB free Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 80.5 Write 84 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 85 49% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 312% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 65%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 91 83 78 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 64.5 Write 91 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 87 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.6 166% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 65%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 3TB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 599GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 89 89 90 92 91 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 90.1 127% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.7% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 78.3 51% 78.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 134%

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

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $170Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	259x
Core i5-6500Intel $60Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	246x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	237x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	132x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	120x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	27x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359