Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	91.6% 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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '20 at 10:20
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 210 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 641 66% 529 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.53% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 8.34 6% 9.18 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 16 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.53% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6283) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 150 Parallax 137 110% 141 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 133 Splatting 112 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 135 75 68 72 76 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 438 Mixed 395 SusWrite 141 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 47.1 162% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 235 197% 282 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 95%
OCZ VERTEX PLUS 120GB 765 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 104GB free Firmware: 3.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 157 159 153 160 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 197 Write 164 Mixed 108 SusWrite 158 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 10.5 56% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 48.3 DQ Write 16.6 DQ Mixed 11.3 14% 25.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 197 195 189 195 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 144 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 193 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 559GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 37 37 34 36 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Read 36.3 Write 36.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 36.3 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 121% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.1 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 94%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical STRIX B250H GAMING Builds (Compare 1,029 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	181x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	147x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	128x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	136x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	93x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	89x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	32x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	28x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	20x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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