Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.1% 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	103% 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	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 B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160107
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 13:53
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 629 68% 539 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% PwrHis(1787 2342) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1060 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 61.4 Parallax 87.5 59% 73.7 fps	MRender 61.8 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 78.8 56% 67.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8123 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 405 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 59 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13075791644	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 367 Mixed 382 92% 415 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 43.9 153% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 92 123% 224 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,859 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 100GB free Firmware: DXM01D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2954 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 88 88 408 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4576 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18350478394 (F2) Unknown 99 99 19884753800	87.7% Excellent	Read 500 Write 329 Mixed 395 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 19.1 115% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 62.2 116% 230 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8158 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1879 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 86 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6945411450	108% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 396 Mixed 414 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 45.5 163% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 109 134% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCS-128M6S 2.5 128GB 3,907 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 30GB free Firmware: DC7110E Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2458 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 49893 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 864 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 133292 (F2) Unknown 100 100 239136	85.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 305 Mixed 374 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 31.3 120% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 87 109% 194 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB 4,896 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 10.2 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 52%

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

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Workstation 26%

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Motherboard: Asus B150M-A - $285

CPU
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	254x
Core i5-6500Intel $67Bench 64%, 241,476 samples	243x
Core i5-6400Intel $79Bench 61%, 171,457 samples	234x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	136x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	130x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	119x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	94x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	46x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GBHyperX $125Bench 73%, 59,072 samples	41x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GBHyperX $67Bench 69%, 46,617 samples	39x
Fury DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GBHyperX $169Bench 83%, 37,519 samples	27x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $888

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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