Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.6% 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	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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 20:14
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 196 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 392 47% 361 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.7.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 87.3 57% 75.7 fps	MRender 69.2 Gravity 70.6 Splatting 58.3 53% 66 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1Z40102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 426 423 409 146 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 430 Mixed 401 SusWrite 318 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 29.7 142% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 46.1 98% 195 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 100%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 16GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 10GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 13 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 76 Write 25.7 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 13.5 44% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.1 120% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 2x8GB 25,457 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 106%

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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%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	953x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	709x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	525x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	466x
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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Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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