Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	The 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '21 at 21:13
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 344 42% 319 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 95% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 107 Splatting 88.7 88% 110 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 93 108 108 109 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 152 Write 130 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 102 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 207% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 21GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 136 111 129 117 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.9% Good	Read 120 Write 130 Mixed 65 SusWrite 120 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$37 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.2% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 24.2 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 71: 10R 6G 3B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
71%	21%	92	317	251	60	24"	1920 1080	AUS24A1 VG245

History: Score 46: 3R 8G 7B | Score 71: 10R 6G 3B

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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	1,293x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16