Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	200% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 09:41
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 (99^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 198 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 414 56% 417 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(107D 2762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 62.1 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.9 51% 65 fps	Gravity 63 Splatting 54.8 52% 58.9 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 582 522 527 461 130 700 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 1,347 Mixed 654 SusWrite 487 223% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 91.8 4K Mixed 82 244% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 230 307% 558 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 277%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 217GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 64 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 54.3 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 66.3 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 49%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 97GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 89 89 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 56.8 Write 56 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 88.1 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 202GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 72 71 73 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 69.4 Write 65.3 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 71.3 51% 69 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x4GB 16,490 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 67.3 60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 15: 1R 2G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
15%	10%	71	299	217	60	23"	1920 1080	DELD07E DELL S2316H

History: Score 17: 2R 1G 4B | Score 15: 1R 2G 4B

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Desktop 83%

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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	586x
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	540x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	182x

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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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