Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.54% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	104% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 18:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 402 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Lighting 5.67 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 5.75 5% 6.83 fps	MRender 7.76 Gravity 4.87 Splatting 12.7 7% 8.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$42 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 227 216 180 174 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 410 Mixed 316 SusWrite 212 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 56.1 184% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 330 254% 347 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 105 104 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 113 Write 96 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 105 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 73 72 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 73.3 Write 75.8 Mixed 44.1 SusWrite 73.2 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FBR1 2x8GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 75%

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

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	255x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	244x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	130x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	95x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	27x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $888

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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