Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.9% 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 Drive	79.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '17 at 17:17
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 (92^nd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 435 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 431 27% 431 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Palit(1569 11C8) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 12 9% 11 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 11.7 Splatting 13.2 10% 12.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 9%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2165 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 101 90% 111 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 125 100 893 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (A6) Unknown 100 100 307 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 358 (A9) Unknown 100 100 461 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 416 (AE) Unknown 100 100 85 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 240518168613 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 11 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 69226 (F1) Unknown 253 253 49280 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9405	79.4% Very good	Read 508 Write 328 Mixed 385 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 4.3 106% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 27.8 77% 161 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 271GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 92 (03) Spinup time 118 118 12897550530 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2934 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2909 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5072 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5072 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 223339216924 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 133 Mixed 110 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 74%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 4GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896633017 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 932 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 931 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 951 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 951 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 210454577182 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 92 Write 96.5 Mixed 92 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.1 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	350x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	161x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	45x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	24x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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