Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.3% 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	269% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '17 at 08:31
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 519 69% 518 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 29.6 30% 32 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 38 Splatting 36.4 31% 37.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 209GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 48 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 53 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 441407848	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 396 Mixed 422 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 48.7 185% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 121 146% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 209GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 58265526344874 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2458 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 980 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 49 64427720733 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 64427720733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 826 (EA) Unknown 0 0 894 (F1) Unknown 0 0 894 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3690	50.6% Above average	Read 169 Write 159 Mixed 116 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 10.5 97% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 37.5 60% 113 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 2,824 Write 1,205 Mixed 1,377 395% 1,802 MB/s	4K Read 60.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 43.7 221% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 191 193% 324 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 236%
Innostor Innostor 256GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 123GB free, PID 0903 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 192 Write 81.8 Mixed 28.8 101% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2.63 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.003 14% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 2x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	960x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	461x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	109x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	78x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	65x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

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 $45	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