Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.8% 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.

High background CPU (29%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 197 71% 125 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 383 48% 366 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.5% Good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 74.2 71% 80.4 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 76.5 Splatting 69 63% 78.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$123 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 343 281 339 239 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 382 Mixed 319 SusWrite 288 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 40.3 140% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 192 170% 253 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 609GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 153 151 154 154 154 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 150 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 153 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 7,794 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	255x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	244x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	234x

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	95x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $888

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16