Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.5% 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	158% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170428
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 13:27
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 125 2-Core 263 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 504 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 37.9 Reflection 30.9 Parallax 37.1 31% 35.3 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 35.3 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 312 310 312 313 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 1,093 Mixed 528 SusWrite 356 187% 842 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 39.1 204% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 315 269% 406 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 100GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 112 109 114 122 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 129 Write 154 Mixed 145 SusWrite 118 31% 137 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 19.3 105% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 63.8 78% 138 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 62GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,992 Write 4,792 Mixed 5,875 1,377% 6,220 MB/s	4K Read 752 4K Write 273 4K Mixed 379 1,769% 468 MB/s	DQ Read 2105 DQ Write 1,587 DQ Mixed 1783 1,350% 1,825 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
ASMT 2115 500GB 2,879 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 213GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 80 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 73.8 Write 66.2 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 79.7 84% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 166%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 2x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 89%

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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 $295	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