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 above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	262% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '22 at 15:37
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 364 46% 352 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2127 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 527.56 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 66.9 Reflection 104 Parallax 64.8 54% 78.7 fps	Gravity 72 Splatting 66.2 61% 69.1 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1188 1356 1541 938 1088 724 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 1,599 Write 1,623 Mixed 1,248 SusWrite 1,139 315% 1,402 MB/s	4K Read 62.6 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 85.1 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 339 405% 696 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 925GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 178 182 184 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 173 Mixed 110 SusWrite 181 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2666C16/16G KHX3200C16D4/8GX 24GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.2% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 81%

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

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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	593x
Core i7-7700KIntel $234Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	547x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	324x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	409x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	294x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	185x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	97x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	59x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	89x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	54x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369