Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	265% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170511
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 10:53
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 119 2-Core 214 76% 136 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 703 66% 551 Pts	64-Core 613 38% 613 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.6% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.4 78% 102 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 94.7 Splatting 99.5 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,587 Write 1,127 Mixed 1,345 370% 1,686 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 64.8 238% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 191 208% 351 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 236%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 64 11684411 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 503740 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 125069447659641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 571539486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 314 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 68719476766 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 112549617991688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5782809 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5901602	97.1% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 166 Mixed 142 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.25 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 785GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 31219084 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 426083 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 64 605028387 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 35 16 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 8 31219084 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92389041504136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 471010121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 92032843	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 165 Mixed 141 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 18.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 97%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	588x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	541x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	321x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	184x

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 $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