Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	250% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 13:38
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 418 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.11.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.8 Reflection 70 Parallax 89.5 58% 76.8 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 55.8 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 56%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6374 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 10 Parallax 6.47 5% 7.67 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 5.73 Splatting 14.3 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 894GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1211 1364 1366 1386 1392 1394 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,251 Write 1,414 Mixed 978 SusWrite 1,352 282% 1,249 MB/s	4K Read 52.7 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 79.4 260% 93.3 MB/s	DQ Read 683 DQ Write 961 DQ Mixed 275 361% 640 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 295%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 159 160 161 154 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 152 Mixed 90.8 SusWrite 159 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
USB 3.0 1TB 599 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 113GB free Firmware: 0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 76 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 90.2 Write 93.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 73.9 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 100%
Sony Storage Media 16GB 1,582 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 10GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 0.9 2.9 3.4 3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 3.8 Write 0.5 SusWrite 2.5 2% 2.27 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 327GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 57 58 58 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 57.2 Write 59.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 58.6 74% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 53%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 177 184 185 184 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 181 Write 187 Mixed 119 SusWrite 182 226% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1 213% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ Crucial BLS8G4D240FSEK.8FD 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 78%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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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	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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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