Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% 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	93.8% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 14 '18 at 01:12
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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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 i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 83.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 666 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2022 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.98 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.8 81% 98.4 fps	MRender 89.8 Gravity 92.4 Splatting 93.2 75% 91.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 106 106 104 116 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 375 Mixed 354 SusWrite 135 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 50.9 166% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 124%
ST2000DM001-1CH164 275GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 80GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 314 315 149 146 148 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 420 Write 424 Mixed 357 SusWrite 240 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 32.3 123% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 302 220% 284 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 184 182 183 182 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 166 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 183 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.9% Above average	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 14.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 104%

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

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Gaming 48%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $45	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