Asus B150M-A/M.2

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A/M.2 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 00:34
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6402P 15,913 User benchmarks, average bench 68% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 405 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1454 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.10.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.6% Below average	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 31.1 Parallax 103 18% 52 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 59.3 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 262 263 259 268 261 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 805 Write 433 Mixed 227 SusWrite 272 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 43.3 131% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 663 457% 569 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 223%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 26GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 317 318 317 318 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 431 Mixed 401 SusWrite 319 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58 188% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 332 251% 337 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 162GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 62 64 64 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 51.1 Mixed 49.4 SusWrite 63.3 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 98GB free Firmware: SN06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 102 103 103 104 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 59.5 Write 56.8 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 103 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 108GB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 87 86 89 90 94 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 77.6 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 89.2 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G Corsair CMV8GX4M1A2133C15 16GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 26.3 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 19.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	264x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	256x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	172x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	219x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	107x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
9905625-062.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 3,107 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Total price: $273

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