Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.54% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 451 57% 434 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 7.69 0% 5.99 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 7 Splatting 0.09 4% 6.24 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.54% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 36 48 51 39 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 357 Write 291 Mixed 222 SusWrite 43.7 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 20.4 111% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 12.6 47% 104 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 71%
Toshiba External USB HDD 500GB 634 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 214GB free, PID a004 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 35 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 37 Write 35.5 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 35.6 44% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Avexir DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB Corsair CMV4GX4M1A2133C15 DDR4-2400 CL16 4GB 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.8% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 69%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	596x
Core i7-7700KIntel $228Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	550x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	327x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	297x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	186x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	98x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 177%, 99,566 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	90x
BLS8G4D26BFSBK.8FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 80%, 5,007 samples	62x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	54x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $566

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Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353