Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.3% 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)
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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '18 at 06:31
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 401 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 414 26% 414 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.10.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 61.4 40% 47.6 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 40 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 344 226 234 227 225 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 428 Mixed 340 SusWrite 273 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 99.8 4K Mixed 59.1 170% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 93GB free Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 205 206 197 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 405 Write 252 Mixed 261 SusWrite 194 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 39.5 164% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 225 180% 253 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 91%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$98 11,843 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 18GB free Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 600 Write 309 Mixed 399 96% 436 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 49.5 187% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 94.6 110% 183 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 254GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 116 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 SusWrite 104 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 157% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK32GX4M2A2666C16 Crucial CT8G4DFS8213.C8FAD1 24GB 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.2% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 9.8 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	960x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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