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 as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	98.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 00:39
Run Duration	94 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 321 51% 364 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16073 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 808 (B1) Unknown 97 97 63 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 37 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 173 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10684964011	98.3% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 402 Mixed 410 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 37.1 148% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 91.9 96% 156 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 115%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 244GB free Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 123 123 38684328414 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7486 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26792 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4533 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13395 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13395 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749216800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.4% Average	Read 73.7 Write 66.8 Mixed 67.3 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB 16,770 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 23.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 88%

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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 $52

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