Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 12:49
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 230 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 704 67% 556 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 36F7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.43 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.28 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.72 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 287 261 231 183 175 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 305 Mixed 254 SusWrite 239 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 38.7 158% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 212 192% 295 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 128%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 35GB free Firmware: UJ500000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 58 152 117 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 423 Write 293 Mixed 212 SusWrite 130 59% 264 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 17.7 65% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 118 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 14 33% 70.6 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 593GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 197 197 198 197 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 158 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 197 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 67 72 71 70 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 68 Write 62.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 70.8 85% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41G56AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	83.7% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 25.9 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 33.8 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 84%

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

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	593x
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	547x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	324x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	185x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	59x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	89x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	54x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16