Asrock B250 Gaming K4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.64% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsrock B250 Gaming K4  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170328
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 15 '19 at 21:35
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Memory 86.3
1-Core 110
2-Core 188
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 424
51% 392 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500
Asus(1043 052F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.64% Terrible
Lighting 0.03
Reflection 29.8
Parallax 35.2
0% 21.7 fps
MRender 30.4
Gravity 28.9
Splatting 32.9
25% 30.7 fps
Poor: 19%
This bench: 8.64%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 06.01D06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 29 25 25 22 21 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
37.5% Below average
Read 106
Write 109
Mixed 45.5
SusWrite 24.2
52% 71.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 69%
HGST Ultrastar He8 Helium 8TB-$94
7.5TB free
Firmware: A4AZW55H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 36 36 37 37 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Read 29.8
Write 29.2
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 36.7
23% 30.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
75% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
38.1% Below average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 13.9
MC Mixed 10.6
37% 13 GB/s
SC Read 7
SC Write 11.6
SC Mixed 10.9
28% 9.83 GB/s
Latency 71
56% 71 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 38.1%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical B250 Gaming K4 Builds (Compare 658 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 52%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asrock B250 Gaming K4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $466
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HDDRAMUSB
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