Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 37% Jet ski


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	86.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	46.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 00:05
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 55 1-Core 78.6 2-Core 134 51% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 346 37% 297 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 160 81% 115 fps	MRender 87.8 Gravity 129 Splatting 128 96% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 152 157 170 171 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 356 Write 171 Mixed 168 SusWrite 158 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 43.2 4K Mixed 11.7 63% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 96.1 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 66.8 58% 87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 71%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 122GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 64 63 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 86.7 Write 86.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 62.5 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 90 94 103 104 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 96.3 65% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 243GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 98 98 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 66 SusWrite 97.7 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 82GB-$33 2,259 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 77GB free Firmware: PF2OA60A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 55 55 56 55 55 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 51.3 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 55.1 36% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GB 1,302 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 143 28% 143 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 48%

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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 $250Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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