Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	98.4% 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	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 (39%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '19 at 23:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th 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, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 436 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3733) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 115 Parallax 118 97% 117 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 111 Splatting 91.7 96% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 512GB 5,047 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 283 216 117 138 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 454 Mixed 423 SusWrite 210 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.2 161% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 336 259% 354 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 591GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 84 98 143 13 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 439 Write 344 Mixed 23 SusWrite 88.6 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 10.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 13.2 35% 9.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 58%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 487GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 198GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 71 SusWrite 102 71% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FBD2 Patriot 2400 C15 Series BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FBD2 Patriot 2400 C15 Series 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,290x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	960x
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	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 $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 $45	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