Asus B250M-BASALT

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.7% 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	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B250M-BASALT (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '18 at 03:45
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 202 72% 129 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 362 52% 381 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 98% 122 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 119 Splatting 100 86% 105 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 276 300 351 358 351 349 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 461 Write 300 Mixed 156 SusWrite 331 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 14.5 112% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 85.8 105% 180 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 776GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 173 171 176 152 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 166 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 168 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 135% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-142.A00G 1x16GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 11.9 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 8.1 22% 7.73 GB/s	Latency 95.8 42% 95.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B250M-BASALT Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 29%

Raft

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 25%

Raft

Motherboard: Asus B250M-BASALT

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	3x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	2x
Core i5-6600Intel $107Bench 68%, 80,688 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1x
HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 188,220 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	2x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $36Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	1x
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	1x

RAM
F4-3000C16-8GISB Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 16GBG.SKILLBench 73%, 8 samples	2x
Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBTeamBench 73%, 9,275 samples	1x
Fury 2666 C16 2x8GBHyperX $75Bench 82%, 134,977 samples	1x

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Total price: $326

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16