Asus PRIME B250-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.8% 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	87.7% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161114
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 22:45
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 423 54% 411 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	56.8% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 75.8 Parallax 64.9 57% 70.2 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 68.3 56% 68.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 400 328 152 153 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 442 Write 447 Mixed 382 SusWrite 248 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 37.7 140% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 297 214% 274 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 95%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 48GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 401 328 155 153 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 434 Write 428 Mixed 392 SusWrite 251 85% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 36.4 132% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 298 216% 276 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 294GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 62 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 129 Write 70.7 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 62 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GB 22,335 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 20.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

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

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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 $95Bench 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 $273	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 $179	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