Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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	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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	7.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '19 at 16:57
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 as expected (55^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 329 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 228 14% 228 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.8 Reflection 76.1 Parallax 65.9 62% 72.6 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 69.3 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 289 303 301 304 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 394 Write 301 Mixed 263 SusWrite 294 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 19.9 128% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 232 191% 271 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 129%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 682GB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 93 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 22.2 Write 80 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 92.7 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1B1 1x8GB 633 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	590x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	541x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	321x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	407x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	293x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	184x

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 $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