Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 20:08
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	48%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 72.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 191 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 537 52% 429 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 76.6 Parallax 72.4 62% 75.2 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 71.1 58% 70.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2988 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 308 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (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 65 62 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22330776091	88.4% Excellent	Read 506 Write 396 Mixed 402 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 24.5 140% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 93.4 DQ Mixed 24.4 30% 51.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 380GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 321 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 93 81 2405 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1677 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7487 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 61 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1503 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 370 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 219043921948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 8912 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 61 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 244083	39.6% Below average	Read 75 Write 62.7 Mixed 85.3 56% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.34 96% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 59%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 1TB 3,837 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 99GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 70.6 Mixed 49.3 46% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 4.01 4K Mixed 0.26 125% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 61GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 27645096 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 311 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2828160 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (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 58 605290531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11912 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 73014444067 (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 -34900904245307 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8210638691 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5869005399	73% Very good	Read 131 Write 123 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 50GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189644168 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 26565451 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 88 88 12 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 571736098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15013 (C2) HDA temperature 34 42 73014444066 (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 35338990913610 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41002607593 (F2) Unknown 100 253 167645193069	67.8% Good	Read 129 Write 108 Mixed 138 95% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2800 2OZ 2x8GB 1,327 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	38% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 95 42% 95 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 99%

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Desktop 83%

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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