Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics9.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive200% 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.
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)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170428
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 31 '17 at 19:25
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd 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)
84.4% Excellent
Memory 88.3
1-Core 117
2-Core 233
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 466
62% 466 Pts
64-Core 465
29% 465 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 84.4%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5750
Sapphire(174B E138) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
9.24% Terrible
Lighting 12.1
Reflection 9.58
Parallax 10.1
10% 10.6 fps
MRender 9.19
Gravity 8.63
Splatting 11.2
8% 9.68 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.24%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$120
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 2,096
Write 1,306
Mixed 1,638
372% 1,680 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 98
4K Mixed 23.2
115% 47.7 MB/s
DQ Read 27.6
DQ Write 92.4
DQ Mixed 23.6
29% 47.9 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 200%
Great: 185%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
884GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 132
Write 129
Mixed 114
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 1.22
4K Write 1.98
4K Mixed 0.36
128% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
76.6% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 25
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 22.7
65% 22.7 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,549 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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HDDRAMUSB
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