Asus PRIME B250M-K

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.45% 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 Drive267% 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.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-K  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime7.2 Days
Run DateMay 19 '18 at 16:54
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$95
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 87.6
1-Core 107
2-Core 212
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 412
54% 408 Pts
64-Core 396
24% 396 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
6.45% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 10
Parallax 6.59
5% 7.77 fps
MRender 9.81
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 13.8
8% 9.81 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.45%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,639
Write 1,309
Mixed 1,562
404% 1,837 MB/s
4K Read 50.7
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 61.9
218% 76.2 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 237
DQ Mixed 157
158% 259 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 267%
Great: 292%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB
3.5TB free
Firmware: D781
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
20.6% Poor
Read 35.9
Write 35.1
Mixed 38.4
28% 36.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.22
4K Mixed 0.24
93% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 20.6%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65% Good
MC Read 22.4
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 21.2
66% 23.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 16.9
50% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 65%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-K Builds (Compare 2,460 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K - $73

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $255
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