Asus VANGUARD B85

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus VANGUARD B85 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140604
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 11:19
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 402 52% 394 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 159 164 162 164 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 163 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer Facet 8GB 2,885 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 4.2 4.4 4.1 4 4.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	12.8% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 7.5 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 4.4 13% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.8 139% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-050.A00LF 1x8GB 1,650 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.4 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

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

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Typical VANGUARD B85 Builds (Compare 418 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus VANGUARD B85 - $7,816

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	45x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	34x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
SATA SSD 480GBKioxia-exceriaBench 78%, 7,893 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,688 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $7,994

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 $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 $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