Asus STRIX B250F 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	80.8% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170607
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 15:18
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 400 53% 399 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (A5) Unknown 100 100 339423659684 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 139 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 54 231929479206 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3470370407208 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6382 (EA) Unknown 100 100 10314 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9138 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3783 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 486 Write 336 Mixed 335 85% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 64.5 4K Mixed 12.4 104% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 11.7 74% 174 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17693776 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 927 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13198592 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3921 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 732 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 57 41 400171728939 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 452 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15043 (C2) HDA temperature 43 59 73014444075 (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 -79572859092080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18342067727228 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -103672833894043	94.5% Outstanding	Read 147 Write 182 Mixed 162 124% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB 3,973 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 47%

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Gaming 48%

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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	587x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	541x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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