Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161110
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 17:31
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 141 2-Core 268 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 759 76% 618 Pts	64-Core 732 45% 732 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 51.2 Reflection 34.3 Parallax 63.8 42% 49.8 fps	MRender 32.2 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 42.3 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 117 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 61 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 988336572	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 404 Mixed 411 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 44.1 160% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 20.2 90% 203 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 323GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8733 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3528 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3263 (C2) HDA temperature 108 84 44 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8802 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.53 151% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 2x4GB 309 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 22.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $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