Asus PRIME B250-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	92.8% 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '19 at 13:05
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 95 1-Core 124 2-Core 238 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 346 44% 336 Pts	64-Core 336 21% 336 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D2) 2GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 26.6 Parallax 31.9 30% 31.7 fps	MRender 36.8 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 33 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128S1C 128GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 270 290 298 298 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 433 Write 297 Mixed 293 SusWrite 289 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 42.5 149% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 182 158% 235 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 900GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 169 169 169 167 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 142 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 168 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 462GB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 95 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 113 Write 102 Mixed 85 SusWrite 95 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 202% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 74%
Maxtor STM3160211AS 160GB 1,528 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 57GB free Firmware: E SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 20 21 20 20 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 44 Write 6.7 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 19.9 15% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 12.3 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 47%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	380x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	278x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	240x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	233x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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