Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.2% 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	235% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 17:18
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 673 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 676 42% 676 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 865F) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.2% Average	Lighting 54.4 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 51 44% 56.1 fps	MRender 77.8 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 70.8 56% 67.7 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 634 324 323 324 325 321 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,145 Write 1,470 Mixed 959 SusWrite 375 274% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 73.4 256% 95.7 MB/s	DQ Read 969 DQ Write 1,150 DQ Mixed 997 769% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 280%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 79GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 330 332 328 331 244 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 391 Write 334 Mixed 287 SusWrite 317 75% 332 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 33.6 137% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 183 157% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 97%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 828GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 445 447 448 459 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 438 Mixed 419 SusWrite 446 99% 437 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 52.5 191% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 138 136 137 134 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80% Very good	Read 142 Write 137 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 136 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 719GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 100 102 102 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 124 Write 66 Mixed 66 SusWrite 100 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GB 26,065 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 89%

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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	587x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	541x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	320x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	406x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	292x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	184x

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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16