Asus B150M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent 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.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161227
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '19 at 01:04
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 702 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85C5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.54 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78.1 Parallax 67.8 63% 74.3 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 74.7 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 455GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 110 112 111 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 105 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 3TB 2,934 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 32 32 32 33 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 36 Mixed 35 SusWrite 32.1 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.7 199% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 59GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 67 65 55 55 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 59.8 Write 63.5 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 61.5 43% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 57%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 693 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 612GB free, PID b200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 10 9.9 10 10 9.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 37 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 10.4 34% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 79%

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	255x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	244x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	130x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	27x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $888

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