Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive98.4% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170908
Uptime10 Days
Run DateNov 27 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration153 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU 25%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 83.2
1-Core 109
2-Core 204
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 439
58% 438 Pts
64-Core 433
27% 433 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 109
Parallax 101
86% 105 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 98.5
Splatting 80.3
73% 90.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 330 169 153 136 115 110 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
98.4% Outstanding
Read 412
Write 392
Mixed 344
SusWrite 169
74% 329 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 52.8
184% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 317
239% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 98.4%
Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
587GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 185 185 184 188 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 186
Write 158
Mixed 89.7
SusWrite 185
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1.2
233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 106%
Great: 109%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB
4GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 9.4 10 9.9 10 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
5.76% Terrible
Read 18.3
Write 4
Mixed 4.2
SusWrite 9.9
10% 9.1 MB/s
4K Read 4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 5.76%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 25.3
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 27.5
SC Mixed 21.5
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 74.7
54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 118%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair 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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