Asus PRIME B250M-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.3% 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)
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-K (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170320
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 210 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 407 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Lighting 39.4 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 36.8 32% 35.4 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 34.9 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 pro 64G 64GB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0303B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 313 Write 267 Mixed 156 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 50.3 141% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 178 149% 217 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 97%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 636GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 183 183 164 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 208 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 180 110% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 1.9 359% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 111%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,114 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 327GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 96 96 96 96 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 101 Write 100 Mixed 36 SusWrite 95.8 110% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 21.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K - $73

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	616x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	517x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	345x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	436x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	299x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	168x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	141x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	60x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16