Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 16:39
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 101 2-Core 200 72% 127 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 393 49% 373 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2872) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 474.14 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 21.7 Reflection 25.4 Parallax 30 18% 25.7 fps	MRender 31.5 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 24.1 22% 28 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 256GB SSD 256GB 12,615 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 236 234 243 244 220 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 370 Write 241 Mixed 268 SusWrite 229 62% 277 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 26.1 107% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 87.9 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 124 99% 135 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 240%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 332GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 165 165 165 165 166 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 172 Mixed 72.8 SusWrite 163 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 183GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 89 89 89 88 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 88.7 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2666 1x4GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 12 SC Mixed 9.6 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 59%

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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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Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,562 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

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	962x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	713x

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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16