Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 124%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 106%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive244% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20180511
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 25 '18 at 01:56
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
94.1% Outstanding
Memory 95.5
1-Core 140
2-Core 280
95% 172 Pts
4-Core 500
8-Core 749
78% 624 Pts
64-Core 754
47% 754 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94.1%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Lighting 184
Reflection 198
Parallax 202
150% 195 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 179
Splatting 125
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 131%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1270 294 295 296 295 295 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,117
Write 1,522
Mixed 688
SusWrite 458
264% 1,196 MB/s
4K Read 48.5
4K Write 213
4K Mixed 60.5
264% 107 MB/s
DQ Read 1,051
DQ Write 1,272
DQ Mixed 915
758% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 244%
Great: 236%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146
3.5TB free
Firmware: FP2A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 181 185 182 182 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 175
Mixed 68.5
SusWrite 182
110% 151 MB/s
4K Read 2.3
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.2
274% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 103%
Great: 104%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 31.2
MC Write 31.4
MC Mixed 23.1
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 26.1
74% 26.1 GB/s
Latency 55.7
72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,554 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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