Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.32% 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	270% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '19 at 08:48
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 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)	79.4% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 187 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 429 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7463 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.5 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.16 5% 8 fps	MRender 7.48 Gravity 6 Splatting 14.9 8% 9.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 760GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1371 1439 1484 1491 1176 1434 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,435 Write 1,585 Mixed 1,095 SusWrite 1,399 311% 1,378 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 83.8 302% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 627 DQ Write 918 DQ Mixed 270 345% 605 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 255%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 161GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 204 199 193 182 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 425 Mixed 344 SusWrite 224 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.3 192% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 389 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 251 213% 313 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 346GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 107 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 107 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 104%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 344GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 131 130 133 133 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 137 Write 129 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 109%
SMI USB DISK 8GB 3,022 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 8GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 4.9 4.1 5 5.1 4.8 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.36% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 2 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 4.7 8% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.36% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 2x16GB 3,497 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 15.8 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 109%

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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	1,289x
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	65x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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