Asus VANGUARD B85

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% 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	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus VANGUARD B85 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150401
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '20 at 10:35
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 408 54% 407 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Gigabyte(1458 404C) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 163 Parallax 190 142% 176 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 143 Splatting 121 118% 148 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 89 108 104 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 210 Write 184 Mixed 180 SusWrite 103 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 34.3 110% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 156 121% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 85%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 258GB 242 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 76GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 89 143 155 155 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 440 Write 238 Mixed 209 SusWrite 157 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 11 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 18.8 62% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 87.3 DQ Mixed 41.4 48% 82.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 106%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 80.2 Write 78.7 Mixed 50 SusWrite 118 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 85%
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 159GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 61 61 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 56 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 60 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 8.2 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9.2 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 58%

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus VANGUARD B85 - $7,816

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	75x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	45x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	35x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	34x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	25x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
SATA SSD 480GBKioxia-exceriaBench 78%, 7,893 samples	15x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	13x

RAM
BLT4G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x4GBCrucialBench 53%, 1,688 samples	13x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	8x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $7,994

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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