Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	275% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '23 at 13:07
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 614 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 102 86% 106 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.7 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 990 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$170 45,230 User benchmarks, average bench 460% 891GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0B2QJXD7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1267 1685 1779 1825 1822 1811 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,088 Write 1,946 Mixed 1818 SusWrite 1,698 425% 1,888 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 64 204% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 689 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 587 427% 562 MB/s
Poor: 299% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 592%
WD Black SN850X NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$137 26,880 User benchmarks, average bench 513% 1.5TB free Firmware: 620311WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1905 1933 1980 1982 1976 1967 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,160 Write 2,054 Mixed 1,969 SusWrite 1,957 459% 2,035 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 60.8 204% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 783 DQ Write 578 DQ Mixed 659 499% 673 MB/s
Poor: 283% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 685%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$108 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 383 388 402 401 404 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 439 Mixed 383 SusWrite 379 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 72.8 4K Mixed 38.9 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 121%
Samsung MZ7LE1T0HCHP-00000 1TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 236GB free Firmware: EXV0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 386 390 389 390 390 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 434 Mixed 314 SusWrite 388 89% 394 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 35 122% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 308 246% 345 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB-$227 628 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 26.5 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 24.9 72% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,294x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	964x
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: $381

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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