Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.3% 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 Drive	303% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 20:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 77.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 80% 146 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 609 62% 504 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8702) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.3% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 99.3 Parallax 126 97% 115 fps	MRender 160 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.5 95% 119 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$159 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 969 1349 1526 1293 1168 1160 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,343 Write 1,997 Mixed 1,576 SusWrite 1,244 401% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 82 274% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,169 DQ Write 986 DQ Mixed 1,069 803% 1,075 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 372%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 465GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 112 113 113 114 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 115 Write 104 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 113 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 63%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 466GB free Firmware: GS2OA230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 116 116 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 116 71% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 932GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 163 165 166 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 131 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 164 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x16GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 9.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 84.7 47% 84.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 49%

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	591x
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	543x
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	185x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16