Asus B150M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. 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 61.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	101% 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus B150M-A (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 12:16
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-6100-$76 110,166 User benchmarks, average bench 55% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.4% Good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 79.6 2-Core 161 64% 108 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 169 29% 205 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8553) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.6% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 26.7 26% 29.5 fps	MRender 35.3 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 28.3 25% 30.6 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 28%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4749 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.84% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 9.35 Parallax 5.69 5% 7.09 fps	MRender 6.14 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 13.1 7% 8.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 333 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 70 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8834660526	101% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 397 Mixed 407 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 43 150% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 103 109% 183 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 637GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 243104505 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 986 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 205085422 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4076 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 488243229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 995 (C2) HDA temperature 29 10 42949672989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 243104505 (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 -136395276415028 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11432149435 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28949441542	93% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 151 Mixed 145 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.3 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 2x4GB 272 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.6% Above average	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 16.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 77%

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

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Gaming 30%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

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	233x

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 $109Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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