Asus B150M-A/M.2

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	94.5% 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	231% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A/M.2 (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160506
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '22 at 04:50
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	74%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	58% Above average	Memory 72 1-Core 89.1 2-Core 171 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 372 38% 305 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 4074) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 517.48 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 111 Parallax 110 101% 115 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 100 Splatting 83 82% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 PRO with Heatsink 1TB 10,731 User benchmarks, average bench 376% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1155 1062 1265 1299 1465 1527 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,845 Write 1,572 Mixed 1,579 SusWrite 1,296 353% 1,573 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 53.5 170% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 638 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 544 414% 560 MB/s
Poor: 236% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 477%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10GB free Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 175 202 212 111 33 MB/s Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.3% Above average	Read 236 Write 92.8 Mixed 199 SusWrite 152 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 20.5 74% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 121 119% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 153 146 150 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 41.3 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 145 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-065.A00G 4x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 76%

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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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Gaming 40%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus B150M-A/M.2

CPU
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	265x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	256x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	173x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	221x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	107x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	33x
9905625-062.A00G 2x8GBKingstonBench 73%, 3,107 samples	29x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	26x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $273

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16