Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.86% 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 Drive	90.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170310
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 225 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 346 46% 346 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6025 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.86% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 6.75 6% 8.16 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 15 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 130 131 132 132 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 432 Mixed 326 SusWrite 169 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 37.7 150% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 322 253% 350 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 27GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 345 Write 77.6 Mixed 126 SusWrite 76.8 34% 156 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 27.2 123% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 80.6 DQ Mixed 77.6 63% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 163GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 115 116 115 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 114 Write 116 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 393GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 124 124 126 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 124 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 124 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 870GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 150 153 153 152 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 148 Write 118 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 151 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB-$30 19,452 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%

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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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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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	711x

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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