Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	270% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250H GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '21 at 17:10
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 84.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 464 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C758) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 90 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 82.9 73% 87.2 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 77.8 Splatting 70.1 69% 86.5 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 793 754 750 756 748 749 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 2,074 Write 1,821 Mixed 1409 SusWrite 758 339% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 88.5 277% 99.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1341 DQ Write 1084 DQ Mixed 1,205 904% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 355%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 114 117 121 121 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 87.8 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 118 58% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 108%
Hitachi HDN724040ALE640 8TB 6TB free Firmware: GX0B SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 137 138 142 140 139 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 139 Write 152 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 139 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.93 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 4x4GB 11,542 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 21.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 99%

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

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250H GAMING

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	181x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	147x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	129x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	137x
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 $94Bench 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

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $312

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