Asus PRIME B250M-K

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-K (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 10:46
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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-$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 (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 80.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 369 54% 394 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.7% 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. 26.20.100.7262 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 5.41 5% 6.76 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 35 34 48 35 48 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	26.9% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 38 Mixed 18.5 SusWrite 39.6 27% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 22% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 10.6 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 10 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 48%

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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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Typical PRIME B250M-K Builds (Compare 2,473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K - $73

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	616x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	517x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	345x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	436x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	299x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	168x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	141x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	60x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	53x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	64x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	47x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	43x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16