Asus STRIX B250F GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus STRIX B250F GAMING  (all builds)
Memory9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180904
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 19 '20 at 23:03
Run Duration136 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 37%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Memory 92.8
1-Core 134
2-Core 264
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 511
8-Core 516
69% 514 Pts
64-Core 517
32% 517 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200
CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
61.6% Good
Lighting 77.5
Reflection 78
Parallax 107
63% 87.5 fps
MRender 76.4
Gravity 78.6
Splatting 63.2
59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
439GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 107 111 123 120 122 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Read 132
Write 132
Mixed 64.2
SusWrite 113
81% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB-$41
2TB free
Firmware: MK7ONS01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 140 139 140 141 141 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 142
Write 140
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 140
91% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.3
4K Mixed 0.9
180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 83%
Kingston DataTraveler 410 16GB
11GB free, PID 161a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 7.4 9.2 9 8.9 9 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
9.23% Terrible
Read 35.7
Write 9
Mixed 11.6
SusWrite 8
17% 16.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.5
52% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 9.23%
Great: 11%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Patriot 2400 C16 Series 2400 C16 Series 12GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
65.4% Good
MC Read 24.6
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 18.6
65% 22.8 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 19.2
56% 19.5 GB/s
Latency 62.5
64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical STRIX B250F GAMING Builds (Compare 2,558 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus STRIX B250F GAMING - $182

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 76% - Very good Total price: $566
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