Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.3% 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 Drive50.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateJul 24 '17 at 19:46
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 90.4
1-Core 122
2-Core 251
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 467
64% 472 Pts
64-Core 502
31% 502 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
89.3% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 113
Parallax 97.8
92% 108 fps
MRender 99.1
Gravity 103
Splatting 103
84% 102 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: Q0125A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
50.3% Above average
Read 506
Write 41.1
Mixed 73.8
44% 207 MB/s
4K Read 28.8
4K Write 30.9
4K Mixed 17.7
83% 25.8 MB/s
DQ Read 121
DQ Write 11.1
DQ Mixed 35.1
33% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 50.3%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
834GB free
Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 173
Mixed 139
124% 166 MB/s
4K Read 0.96
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 0.3
104% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 103%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 24
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 29.5
SC Mixed 25.2
69% 24.3 GB/s
Latency 66.7
60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,554 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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