Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	0.74% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 22:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 602 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 22 5.8 1.9 7.6 22 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	0.74% Terrible	Read 0.7 Write 10.8 Mixed 1.5 SusWrite 11.6 1% 6.15 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 599GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 119 34 94 146 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 115 Write 114 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 104 64% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 36% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 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	70.3% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 20.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 99%

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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%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

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 $273	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 $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