Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.9% 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	245% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170515
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '19 at 13:22
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 465 62% 464 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 46.3 Parallax 41.3 39% 45.3 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 37.6 32% 39.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1259 1428 1394 1380 1353 525 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,382 Write 1,374 Mixed 995 SusWrite 1,223 280% 1,244 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 76.1 251% 92.7 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 273 358% 635 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 295%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 36GB free Firmware: CS900711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 54 78 54 51 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 379 Write 273 Mixed 274 SusWrite 87.8 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 22.2 112% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 137 134% 207 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 87%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 491GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 83 83 82 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 84.7 Write 75.8 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 81.1 54% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 278GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 191 191 191 192 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 133 Mixed 79 SusWrite 190 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD My Book AV 1020 1TB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 853GB free, PID 1020 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 38.9 Mixed 33.7 SusWrite 40.1 51% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 74% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 2x8GB 1,789 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 23.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 25.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 90%

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

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $301

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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