Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
ProcessorWith 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus STRIX B250F GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170105
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateNov 18 '17 at 00:36
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 55%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
72.4% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 119
2-Core 230
81% 144 Pts
4-Core 356
8-Core 375
48% 365 Pts
64-Core 404
25% 404 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.3% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 139
Parallax 119
104% 129 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 123
Splatting 101
90% 111 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
490GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 169
Write 138
Mixed 118
106% 142 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.26
89% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
59.9% Above average
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 24.3
MC Mixed 17.4
62% 21.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 15.3
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX B250F GAMING Builds (Compare 2,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $566
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