Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 154% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	181% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '21 at 23:49
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 260 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 718 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Asus(1043 87B0) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	181% Outstanding	Lighting 260 Reflection 235 Parallax 287 212% 260 fps	MRender 298 Gravity 221 Splatting 163 179% 227 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 331 332 333 332 331 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,744 Write 1,010 Mixed 722 SusWrite 356 211% 958 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 62.8 232% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,424 DQ Write 1,112 DQ Mixed 1,032 836% 1,190 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 236%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 432GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 379 459 466 476 340 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 424 Mixed 410 SusWrite 409 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.3 182% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 197 201 203 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 85.9 SusWrite 200 122% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.8 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.4 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 97%

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

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	588x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	541x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	321x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	184x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	80x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	58x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	88x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	53x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

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