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 (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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%, 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	105% 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.

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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '18 at 14:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 222 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 340 46% 344 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76% 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 7.2 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 6.78 6% 8.13 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 15 9% 10.1 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% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 129 130 132 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 433 Mixed 327 SusWrite 170 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 59.4 193% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 320 252% 348 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 27GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 63 61 72 74 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 301 Write 79 Mixed 119 SusWrite 67.1 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 30.3 113% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 68 58% 85.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 113 114 114 115 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 159 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 114 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 401GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 124 125 125 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 134 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 124 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 823GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 149 147 147 148 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 147 Write 109 Mixed 71.1 SusWrite 146 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84% 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)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	709x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	527x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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