Asus B150M-A/M.2

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A/M.2 (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 22:15
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 428 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 85.2 56% 71 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 77.4 56% 67.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 115 115 113 118 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 389 Write 130 Mixed 194 SusWrite 116 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 40.1 168% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 150 117% 163 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 80%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 135 135 135 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 136 Mixed 118 SusWrite 135 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-043.A00G 2x8GB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 77%

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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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Gaming 40%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	264x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	255x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	171x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	218x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	106x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
9905625-062.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 3,107 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $273

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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