Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170908
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 14 '18 at 04:25
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 86.9
1-Core 131
2-Core 258
88% 159 Pts
4-Core 512
8-Core 513
68% 512 Pts
64-Core 512
32% 512 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 89%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23
76GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 23 22 35 27 26 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
42.4% Average
Read 120
Write 113
Mixed 54.1
SusWrite 27.5
58% 78.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 0.7
105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23
221GB free
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 130 130 129 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
74% Very good
Read 128
Write 84.7
Mixed 65.6
SusWrite 130
75% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 74%
Great: 74%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB
267GB free
Firmware: GG2OA920
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 78 86 79 79 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
40.2% Average
Read 58.6
Write 80.6
Mixed 28.5
SusWrite 81.2
45% 62.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 8ATF51264AZ-2G3A1 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.8% Average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 12.1
38% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 12
37% 13.1 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 40.8%
Great: 92%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,544 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $186Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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