Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 30%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics49.1% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180511
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 30 '20 at 15:10
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 87.1
1-Core 106
2-Core 212
77% 135 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 402
48% 368 Pts
64-Core 411
25% 411 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75
CLim: 1288 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.20
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
49.1% Average
Lighting 59.7
Reflection 65.3
Parallax 84
49% 69.7 fps
MRender 68
Gravity 61.1
Splatting 55.9
50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 49.1%
Great: 53%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 135 112 145 150 154 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 146
Write 152
Mixed 82.8
SusWrite 136
95% 129 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 1.1
216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80
1.5TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 132 133 136 136 136 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Read 128
Write 136
Mixed 80.8
SusWrite 135
88% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.9
173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 96%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905678-012.A00G Adata 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.1% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 20.9
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 21.6
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 45%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,544 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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