Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 50%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 39%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics76.4% 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 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 16 '18 at 19:48
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing as expected (47th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6400-$79
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
65.5% Good
Memory 75.2
1-Core 77.4
2-Core 167
62% 107 Pts
4-Core 321
8-Core 332
44% 327 Pts
64-Core 326
20% 326 Pts
Poor: 39%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Dell(1028 1151) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 397.64
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.4% Very good
Lighting 97.5
Reflection 101
Parallax 101
79% 99.7 fps
MRender 87.7
Gravity 89.5
Splatting 83
71% 86.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80
464GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 367 391 404 415 394 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 418
Mixed 406
SusWrite 383
93% 414 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 89.2
4K Mixed 47.5
160% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 328
249% 334 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 106%
Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30
450GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 119 117 121 126 127 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Read 156
Write 142
Mixed 97.3
SusWrite 120
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.7
186% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 109%
USB Flash Drive 16GB
13GB free, PID 5598
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 6.2 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.6 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
12% Very poor
Read 34.5
Write 7
Mixed 10.8
SusWrite 6.6
16% 14.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 3
169% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 12%
Great: 15%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB
1 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
34.1% Below average
MC Read 12.3
MC Write 11.9
MC Mixed 10.4
33% 11.5 GB/s
SC Read 10.1
SC Write 10.6
SC Mixed 9.4
29% 10 GB/s
Latency 90
44% 90 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 42%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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