Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.1% 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	163% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170308
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 05:29
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (58^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-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 77 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 376 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 103 Parallax 95.6 80% 98.7 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 92 Splatting 84.8 72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLW128HEGR-000H1 128GB 8,655 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB73H1Q Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,375 Write 625 Mixed 716 199% 905 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 53.2 183% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 117 132% 229 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 317%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 646GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 100 71 (03) Spinup time 125 100 12896960696 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4380 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 95 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 24906 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 337575963 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5694 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5694 (C2) HDA temperature 222 130 201864380443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.3% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 158 Mixed 143 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 5GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 134 Write 70.4 Mixed 82 111% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.91 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 1.61 155% 3.28 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CRC 2x8GB 24,860 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.9% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 12.3 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical STRIX B250G GAMING Builds (Compare 1,399 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	297x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	262x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	237x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	137x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	24x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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