Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 120%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 104%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics135% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive191% 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.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161108
Uptime5 Days
Run DateApr 18 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
92.2% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 140
2-Core 276
93% 169 Pts
4-Core 501
8-Core 773
79% 637 Pts
64-Core 774
48% 774 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 92.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Lighting 191
Reflection 202
Parallax 203
156% 199 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 184
Splatting 129
119% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 135%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
191% Outstanding
Read 1,763
Write 1,183
Mixed 1,118
300% 1,355 MB/s
4K Read 25.1
4K Write 42
4K Mixed 30.7
100% 32.6 MB/s
DQ Read 530
DQ Write 233
DQ Mixed 157
176% 306 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 191%
Great: 254%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
77% Very good
Read 129
Write 139
Mixed 126
99% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 2.25
4K Mixed 0.26
109% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 77%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.6% Average
MC Read 14
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 11.3
37% 13.1 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 14.6
SC Mixed 13.7
39% 13.6 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 79%

 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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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair 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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