Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics28.7% 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 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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 02 '20 at 15:25
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User LKA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 458
8-Core 459
61% 458 Pts
64-Core 448
28% 448 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 78%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Lighting 35.6
Reflection 26.1
Parallax 32.1
29% 31.3 fps
MRender 37.7
Gravity 33.5
Splatting 33
28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 24%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 28%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6471
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.26% Terrible
Lighting 7.83
Reflection 9.62
Parallax 7.88
6% 8.44 fps
MRender 8.05
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.7
9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.26%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC46
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 73 125 119 146 161 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Read 176
Write 155
Mixed 81
SusWrite 121
98% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GIS Adata 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (20th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
45.3% Average
MC Read 15.9
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 13.5
43% 15 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 16.3
SC Mixed 14.2
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 45.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,559 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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