Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '18 at 12:13
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 486 57% 444 Pts	64-Core 452 28% 452 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 3724) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Lighting 70.7 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 60.1 58% 66.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 69 56% 68.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 500GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59748536 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3823 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 1842713235445 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20196 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2005 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 4833083422 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 370 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 289048 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103328323220989 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45003702628 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67202694463	87.3% Excellent	Read 162 Write 143 Mixed 148 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 839GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2366 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1421 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1390 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1734 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 132 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.35 138% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 99GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3133 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8997 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2164 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 975 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8997 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 85.1 Write 82.4 Mixed 83.3 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.47 112% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 60%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 63GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 97 (03) Spinup time 175 170 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12213 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21459 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2360 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11950 (C2) HDA temperature 115 87 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 198 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 198 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 0	69.7% Good	Read 129 Write 114 Mixed 126 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.27 96% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 109%
Seagate USB 3.0 Cable 320GB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 298GB free, PID 5030 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 75.1 Write 72.1 Mixed 59.2 87% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.27 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30 11,890 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 15 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 90%

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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	959x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	710x

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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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