Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.32% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.3% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170913
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 140 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 726 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 746 46% 746 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.32% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.25 6% 9.29 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 7.37 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1894 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 87 87 412 (AE) Unknown 100 100 245 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454249508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 87 87 13 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 27504702740 (F7) Unknown 100 100 871539980 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2681546922	84.3% Excellent	Read 524 Write 183 Mixed 266 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 32 139% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 47.1 84% 168 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 849GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 105 94 7750 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8407 (05) Reallocated sector count 163 163 296 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4984 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 131 131 207312 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 34 (C4) Reallocation count 79 79 121 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 21 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 13 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 29	56.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.5 Mixed 92.4 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.28 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x8GB 8,300 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 43%

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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 74%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	297x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	261x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	237x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	242x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	197x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	99x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	73x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	137x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	26x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	24x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $316

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