Asus PRIME B250M-K

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-K (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180328
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 09:13
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	53% Above average	Memory 59.8 1-Core 90.4 2-Core 167 59% 106 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 273 36% 270 Pts	64-Core 271 17% 271 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	4.77% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 4.31 4% 5.18 fps	MRender 2.43 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 10.4 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.77% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 8554) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.4% Poor	Lighting 32.5 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 27.5 26% 30.4 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 30.4 Splatting 31 26% 32.1 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 120GB 3,514 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 68GB free Firmware: MVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 319 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 58 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 345926699	85.8% Excellent	Read 496 Write 483 Mixed 497 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 23.4 112% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 60.4 49% 67 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 115%
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -93312459468650 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3544 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 221 (B7) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 32 50 64427786272 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 221 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 743115 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 80 80 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 743115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 648855 (F9) Unknown 100 100 73289	52.6% Above average	Read 493 Write 136 Mixed 199 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 9.71 70% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 93.8 DQ Mixed 35.2 45% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 79%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 54GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 159 158 1008 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10234 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6378 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 174956 (C2) HDA temperature 113 80 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.8% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 62.6 Mixed 60.3 47% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.3 88% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH 1x8GB 2,478 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.3 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 4.5 15% 5.2 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 46%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K - $73

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	611x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	512x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	343x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	433x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	299x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	167x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	60x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	63x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $270

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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