Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 22:10
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 648 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Lighting 94.6 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 80.3 77% 86.3 fps	MRender 69.8 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 73.5 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-256G-1006 256GB 17,295 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20110006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 509 326 272 230 214 217 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,063 Write 968 Mixed 906 SusWrite 294 181% 808 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 66.6 229% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 862 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 732 549% 738 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 197%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 71GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 310 308 306 304 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 462 Mixed 393 SusWrite 321 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 60.4 207% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 332 250% 337 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 27GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 96 128 154 161 137 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 148 Write 150 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 136 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 150GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 111 112 111 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 144 Write 101 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 110 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 19.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

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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