Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.6% 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 Drive220% 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.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180511
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 27 '20 at 22:30
Run Duration163 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 21%
Watch Gameplay: 2060S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 84
1-Core 113
2-Core 214
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 614
58% 479 Pts
64-Core 614
38% 614 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 80%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.6% Outstanding
Lighting 109
Reflection 104
Parallax 119
89% 111 fps
MRender 166
Gravity 110
Splatting 99.6
99% 125 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 106%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
4.76% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 8.1
Parallax 7.6
5% 7.33 fps
MRender 9.7
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 0.2
4% 5.67 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.76%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
112GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 1114 845 501 477 469 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1683
Write 1,596
Mixed 758
SusWrite 747
267% 1,196 MB/s
4K Read 42
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 55.8
195% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 1,160
DQ Write 976
DQ Mixed 1,010
772% 1,049 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 220%
Great: 302%
SanDisk X300s SATA M.2 256GB
89GB free
Firmware: X2170002
SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 393 413 418 416 422 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
97.5% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 395
Mixed 253
SusWrite 395
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 30.3
4K Write 83.8
4K Mixed 34.2
134% 49.4 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 152
159% 262 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 97.5%
Great: 98%
Generic- Compact Flash 4GB
4GB free, PID 0181
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 9.6 9.3 9.3 9.6 9.6 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
4.6% Terrible
Read 11.9
Write 4.5
Mixed 5.5
SusWrite 9.3
10% 7.8 MB/s
4K Read 3.6
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.6%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD CT4G4DFS824A.M8FE 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.6% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 21.5
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,554 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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