Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	279% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 10:12
Run Duration	453 Seconds
Run User	GEO-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 706 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 514GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,367 Write 1,706 Mixed 1,668 424% 1,913 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 56.5 202% 76 MB/s	DQ Read 451 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 203 209% 341 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 363%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 10556664 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6006414 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -32212254719861 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (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 77 72 403701783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 393 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 106459354365991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3591178 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6965486	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 177 Mixed 145 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 73 65 19894966 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6330438 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92217242812556 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (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 77 68 420413463 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 402 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 -43465069035480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7847092 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12047874	109% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 193 Mixed 160 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.3 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%
Seagate SkyHawk 4TB (2016)-$90 7,966 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: CV11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 210732775 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9799221 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 59545426591884 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 77 71 403701783 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 322 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 124609886158907 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2315592012 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2923373797	92.4% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 164 Mixed 142 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 107%
ST4000NE 0025-2EW107 4TB 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79% Very good	Read 195 Write 170 Mixed 163 221% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 0.39 167% 2.01 MB/s

ST4000NE 0025-2EW107 4TB 2TB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.4% Very good	Read 172 Write 165 Mixed 117 189% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 2.03 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.4 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 22.8 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 110%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	181x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	147x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	129x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	89x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	28x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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