Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '18 at 16:10
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 497 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 82%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Lighting 74 Reflection 74.9 Parallax 66.1 60% 71.7 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 69 Splatting 71.2 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNC128GCSJ 128GB 1,192 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 82GB free Firmware: CJLA0201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 179 176 180 180 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 139 Write 125 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 178 30% 131 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 27.4 98% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 62.2 DQ Mixed 26.7 24% 36 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 48%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 112GB free Firmware: DC22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 132 124 131 129 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 387 Write 151 Mixed 189 SusWrite 126 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 40.5 155% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 123 102% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB 4,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT05L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 127 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 451 Write 128 Mixed 131 SusWrite 127 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 18.2 115% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 55.3 84% 165 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 71%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 108 109 109 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 105 Write 107 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 109 70% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%
Toshiba Notebook SSHD 2.5" 1TB 27,655 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: HKF05A SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 65 81 26 91 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 84.7 Write 27 Mixed 31 SusWrite 56.8 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 3.4 689% 5.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30 11,890 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.7 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 90%

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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	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 $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