Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250F GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '17 at 12:09
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 710 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85D3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 42.4 33% 38.3 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 38.6 Splatting 37.1 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 512GB-$209 3,350 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 441GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 101 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 121 (A3) Unknown 100 100 44 (A4) Unknown 100 100 5712 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1199 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 524288 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21044 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17481 (F5) Unknown 100 100 45696	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 424 Mixed 446 102% 456 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 67.6 100% 185 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 29389088 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 30034 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 68 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 236 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115113713467403 (F1) Unknown 100 253 30232989 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16231549	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 190 Mixed 168 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.4 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 88%

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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	586x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	540x
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	182x

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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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