Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 63.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.8% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 7 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '23 at 09:00
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 103 2-Core 206 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 300 38% 286 Pts	64-Core 312 19% 312 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$235 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 8787) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 536.40 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 84.3 75% 88.7 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 71.4 70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$190 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 392 416 428 414 392 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 401 Write 342 Mixed 292 SusWrite 392 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 28.1 96% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 287 234% 334 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 136%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 130 131 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 84 SusWrite 128 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 CMK16GX4M2A2400C16 CMK8GX4M2A2400C16 24GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 23: 0P 2R 2G 7B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
23%	19%	59	175	8	100	27"	1920 1080	GBT2715 G27FC A

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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 $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,296x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	965x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	713x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
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	110x

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: $308

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $258	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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