Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	59% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	193% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '18 at 22:14
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$42 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 238 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 372 49% 370 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 85B9) 3GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 73.6 Reflection 71 Parallax 60.7 60% 68.4 fps	MRender 71.3 Gravity 67.1 Splatting 70.8 57% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37240G 120GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 70GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3622 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1763 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 137 (AD) Unknown 100 100 983100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 85 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3171	61.2% Good	Read 483 Write 256 Mixed 266 74% 335 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 5.66 61% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 33.4 72% 151 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 62%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 2,231 Write 1,037 Mixed 1,242 330% 1,503 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 80.4 4K Mixed 17.7 129% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 18.5 32% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 2x8GB 1,700 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 29.2 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 26.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 91%

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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%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,298x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	965x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 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: $302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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