Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.51% 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	46.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '21 at 01:43
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 642 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8682 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 8.3 Parallax 7.3 5% 7.17 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 9.8 7% 8.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: S3Z40107 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 14 277 15 114 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 456 Write 376 Mixed 339 SusWrite 138 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 13 58% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 74.7 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 20.5 22% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 102%
Shinedis k M667 120G 120GB 108GB free Firmware: 4101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 39 40 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.2% Very poor	Read 41.7 Write 41.4 Mixed 41.1 SusWrite 41 9% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.3 4K Write 15.3 4K Mixed 9.4 37% 12 MB/s	DQ Read 13.4 DQ Write 17.2 DQ Mixed 11.1 10% 13.9 MB/s

WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 139GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 54 58 59 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 83.4 Write 84.9 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 58 51% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 48%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 445GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 97 93 94 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 90.8 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 94.8 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 50%
Imation Nano Pro 8GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 0639, imation 8GB Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 4.5 13 13 13 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.66% Terrible	Read 24.2 Write 13.3 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 10.5 19% 15.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.66% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905702-014.A00G 2x8GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 20 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 21.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

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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	712x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	530x
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 $300	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16