Asus STRIX B250G GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.4% 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	110% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus STRIX B250G GAMING (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170324
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 19:43
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 413 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 416 26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 43 Parallax 36.2 36% 41.2 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40 Splatting 34.7 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 374 290 289 287 258 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 430 Write 398 Mixed 372 SusWrite 267 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60.7 200% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 310 235% 316 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Samsung HD161GJ 160GB-$25 14,710 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 87 89 88 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 69.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 87.9 52% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 156GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 70 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 60.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 64.7 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 58%
WD Elements 750GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 679GB free Firmware: 8102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 23 14 13 14 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 40 Write 38.2 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 19.9 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 62%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.7 7.6 7.7 7.7 6.6 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Read 15.5 Write 3.2 Mixed 3.3 SusWrite 7.4 8% 7.35 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 8% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2133 C10 2x4GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12.3 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 81%

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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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	297x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	263x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	239x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	243x
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
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	26x

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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $301

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16