Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.85% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	120% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (30%). 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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170428
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 09:48
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 78.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 226 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 433 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 447 28% 447 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4508 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 5.94 5% 7.15 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 12.8 7% 7.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 302 299 299 302 303 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 433 Mixed 415 SusWrite 311 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 63.2 214% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 282GB free Firmware: LV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 43 44 45 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 59 Write 55.3 Mixed 36 SusWrite 44.5 36% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 34%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 13GB free Firmware: JA2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 73 74 75 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 68 Write 67 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 73.9 43% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 249GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 82 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 105 Write 101 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 84.4 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 84%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 143 142 142 144 144 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 143 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x4GB 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.9% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 11.3 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,292x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	961x
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	462x

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 $269	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 $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