Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	40.6% 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	164% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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 B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '19 at 09:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 75 1-Core 32.4 2-Core 64.3 40% 57.2 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 300 26% 224 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3670) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.6% Average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 64.8 36% 56.6 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 53.2 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 285GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 802 1101 878 816 817 821 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	164% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 1,138 Mixed 936 SusWrite 873 251% 1,124 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 37.3 119% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 474 298% 334 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 355%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 989GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 108 110 107 109 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 109 56% 75.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 72%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 23GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 97 93 96 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 89.8 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 94.8 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 Patriot PSD44G213381 Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 75%

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	710x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	528x
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 $133	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