Asus B250M-BASALT

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.9% 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.

Motherboard	Asus B250M-BASALT (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180607
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '21 at 04:47
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400-$79 171,457 User benchmarks, average bench 61% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 195 69% 122 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 371 49% 366 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.1% Very good	Lighting 85.1 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.9 69% 93.5 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 89 Splatting 92.8 74% 90.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 167 156 143 137 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 478 Write 195 Mixed 218 SusWrite 159 58% 263 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 38.2 148% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 234 201% 299 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 60GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 161 159 160 161 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 151 Write 140 Mixed 80.7 SusWrite 159 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 791GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 112 111 111 113 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 84.3 Write 110 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 111 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.6 182% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 591GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 159 162 160 158 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 104 Write 139 Mixed 75 SusWrite 161 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 19.9 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 19 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 36: 3R 6G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
36%	22%	54	297	205	75	23.8"	1920 1080	DEL41F3 DELL S2421HS

History: Score 10: 2R 0G 0B | Score 36: 3R 6G 3B

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Gaming 29%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 25%

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Motherboard: Asus B250M-BASALT

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	3x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	2x
Core i5-6600Intel $124Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	1x
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	1x

RAM
F4-3000C16-8GISB Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 16GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 8 samples	2x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBTeamBench 73%, 9,275 samples	1x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	1x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $326

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16