Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.1% 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	80% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '21 at 03:53
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 78.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 278 81% 153 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 769 79% 636 Pts	64-Core 767 47% 767 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.5 Reflection 18.2 Parallax 18.1 14% 17.9 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 18.4 Splatting 16.3 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 416 426 428 431 430 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Read 468 Write 402 Mixed 378 SusWrite 418 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 20.2 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 191 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 0.4 72% 170 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 100%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 288GB free Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 367 303 287 223 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 396 Write 411 Mixed 264 SusWrite 287 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 29.3 132% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 246 213% 316 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 98%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 0GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 425 Write 422 Mixed 333 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 36.5 148% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 30.5 87% 184 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 208 210 210 208 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 143 Write 179 Mixed 67 SusWrite 206 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FAD 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.6 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 21.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 82.8 48% 82.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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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 $45	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