Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.4% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 05:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 706 76% 603 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% HP(103C 82FA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2954 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 113% 140 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 137 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SB8U-256G-1006 256GB 4,064 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 169 170 155 172 153 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 426 Mixed 317 SusWrite 172 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 52.1 190% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 219 178% 252 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 95%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 348GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1298 1369 1450 1359 1416 1491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1537 Write 1,507 Mixed 1,122 SusWrite 1,397 313% 1,391 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 83.9 303% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 690 DQ Write 945 DQ Mixed 272 358% 636 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 295%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 434 17 533 325 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	94.5% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 402 Mixed 356 SusWrite 317 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 29.9 147% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 43.2 90% 176 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 158 159 159 158 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 105 Write 71 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 158 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30BESBK.8FD 4x8GB 783 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.7 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 121%

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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	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	959x
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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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