Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	111% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180516
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 09:26
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$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 (86^th percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 209 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 622 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 619 38% 619 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 147 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 131 Splatting 110 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 429 428 444 425 386 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 407 Mixed 394 SusWrite 421 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 50.9 168% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 273 220% 313 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 125%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 124 122 121 123 124 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 69 SusWrite 122 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 133 133 133 131 133 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 234GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 105 106 107 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Read 128 Write 118 Mixed 30 SusWrite 105 69% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 276GB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 74 76 84 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 47.5 Write 78 Mixed 18.7 SusWrite 77.3 40% 55.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 63% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 88%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 118 118 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 115 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 116 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 66%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 801GB free Firmware: SM14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 105 106 107 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 112 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 106 63% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.6 318% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 139 133 137 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 135 Write 150 Mixed 110 SusWrite 137 182% 133 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.7 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 134%

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	254x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	243x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	233x

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	94x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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