Asus B150M-A/M.2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A/M.2 (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '19 at 04:04
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600-$133 80,688 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 229 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 452 60% 451 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6519 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.91 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 104 Parallax 87.5 78% 95.5 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 90 74% 90.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 81 82 80 113 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 72.8 Write 130 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 85.7 57% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 20.9 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 111%

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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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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	264x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	254x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	170x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	105x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	43x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
9905625-062.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 3,107 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Total price: $273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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