Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	93.7% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '19 at 00:03
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 375 53% 390 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$140 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 94.9 0% 54.5 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 69 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 512GB 20,736 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM12.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 20 23 26 32 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 577 Write 678 Mixed 412 SusWrite 26.1 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 32.4 133% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 184 259% 493 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 267%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 558GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 138 138 137 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 131 Mixed 109 SusWrite 137 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 248% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 109%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 465GB free, PID 00b9 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 18 18 18 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.5% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 12.8 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 18.2 23% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GB 10,940 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 48%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,290x
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	66x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $176	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