Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180904
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '21 at 04:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 451 58% 441 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 68.9 Reflection 75.1 Parallax 65.7 56% 69.9 fps	Gravity 68.3 Splatting 58.4 55% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS256ASTMM1600X 256GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114A Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 303 Mixed 285 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 178 163% 249 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 96%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 66GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 93 95 95 97 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 67.6 Write 68.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 95.2 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 85%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 25GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 67 75 76 79 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 91.6 Write 86.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 73.2 50% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43BB1-CPB Transcend TS1GLH64V4B 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	7.2"	1280 701	GSM0001 LG TV

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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	591x
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	542x
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	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 $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16