Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.58% 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	95.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (26%). 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	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '19 at 19:44
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 222 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 587 66% 519 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.58% Terrible	Lighting 7.17 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 7.72 6% 8.15 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 5.93 Splatting 14.8 8% 9.08 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.58% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 282 278 286 291 274 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 396 Write 421 Mixed 361 SusWrite 298 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 43.5 148% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 336 252% 338 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 183 183 184 181 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 142 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 182 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GB 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.9% Below average	MC Read 11.6 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 10.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 42%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $88Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,297x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	965x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	714x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	468x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	463x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	111x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	93x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	78x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 1x8GBAdataBench 42%, 10,940 samples	66x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $306

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16