Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.39% 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	90.6% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '22 at 15:57
Run Duration	458 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (46^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-$86 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 41.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 211 62% 120 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 385 49% 373 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4551 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	5.39% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.2 Parallax 6.2 5% 6.1 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 5.1 Splatting 10.2 6% 7.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.39% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 446GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 398 451 443 424 429 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 378 Write 283 Mixed 317 SusWrite 421 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 39.3 119% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 276 206% 275 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 844GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 140 133 133 129 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	69% Good	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 132 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 283GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 185 189 189 189 192 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 180 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 189 108% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 128% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata G.SKILL F4-2666C19-8GIS 16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 196 20% 196 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 82%

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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 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $86Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,297x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	965x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	714x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	468x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	463x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	111x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	93x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $304

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16