Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 10:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$148 3,062 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 129 2-Core 221 87% 147 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 319 46% 331 Pts	64-Core 346 23% 346 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 92,716 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.47 6% 8.53 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.3 6% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$47 128,266 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 40 58 44 49 40 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.7% Below average	Read 190 Write 100 Mixed 128 SusWrite 50 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 9.3 65% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 42.9 55% 92.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$71 20,280 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 237GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 74 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 26.6 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 75.5 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 6,698 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 802GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 120 120 113 121 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 89 Write 90.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 117 106% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 91%

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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 42%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $185Bench 71%, 177,161 samples	1,556x
Core i7-7700Intel $327Bench 80%, 187,943 samples	823x
Core i5-7500Intel $184Bench 75%, 107,827 samples	763x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $290Bench 57%, 1,110,464 samples	598x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 31%, 695,028 samples	578x
RX 580AMD $218Bench 55%, 649,191 samples	519x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 105%, 768,156 samples	166x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $45Bench 72%, 79,197 samples	158x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 67%, 266,434 samples	136x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 41%, 12,501 samples	204x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 82,047 samples	137x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 75%, 88,138 samples	83x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $619

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16