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 way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	273% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	21.8 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 30 '22 at 12:39
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing way above expectations (87^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)	75.1% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 373 47% 359 Pts	64-Core 383 24% 383 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.1% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2177 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 527.56 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 70.3 Reflection 108 Parallax 67.3 57% 82 fps	Gravity 72.1 Splatting 66.5 61% 69.3 fps
Poor: 48% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5Z42109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1076 1396 1543 1460 1358 809 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 1,664 Write 1,605 Mixed 1,238 SusWrite 1,274 325% 1,445 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 84.1 288% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 982 DQ Mixed 344 407% 696 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 277%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 816GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 178 176 178 178 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 158 Mixed 112 SusWrite 176 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 105% 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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 24.7 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 81%

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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	592x
Core i7-7700KIntel $249Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	545x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	323x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	408x
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	88x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	54x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16