Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	87.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '20 at 22:10
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 63 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 131 50% 85.6 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 344 48% 355 Pts	64-Core 339 21% 339 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6585) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.2% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 124 Parallax 110 89% 114 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 113 Splatting 95 84% 103 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro 512GB 21,659 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 453 359 462 244 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,134 Write 949 Mixed 452 SusWrite 364 161% 725 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 66.4 4K Mixed 25.4 91% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 436 327% 427 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 318%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 734GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 155 151 152 152 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 100 Write 85.4 Mixed 71 SusWrite 150 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury 2666 C16 2x8GB-$75 134,977 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB 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	63% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 9.6 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 97%

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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%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,292x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	961x
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	462x

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	66x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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