Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	75.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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 B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 22:51
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 690 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 708 44% 708 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 77 82% 88.5 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 82.1 Splatting 79.6 64% 77.4 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 515 Write 431 Mixed 26 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 6.9 4K Mixed 1 26% 7.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 188 187 188 189 191 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 127 Mixed 87 SusWrite 183 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 351GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 82 81 83 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 58 SusWrite 81.7 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR Kingston 9905625-075.A00G 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 82%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	709x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	527x
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	65x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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