Asus PRIME B250-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '18 at 18:12
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 463 62% 462 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29% Poor	Lighting 36.3 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 31.7 30% 31.1 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 32.1 28% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 128GB-$30 32,167 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 44 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 33 (A3) Unknown 100 100 10 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10208 (A5) Unknown 100 100 59 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (94) Unknown 100 100 8435 (95) Unknown 100 100 283 (96) Unknown 100 100 109 (97) Unknown 100 100 248 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28440 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22957 (F5) Unknown 100 100 81664	68.1% Good	Read 507 Write 211 Mixed 266 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 16.5 106% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 83 DQ Mixed 16.7 33% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$23 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 829GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 266 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2879 (C2) HDA temperature 111 108 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 62 (F1) Unknown 200 200 379265748 (F2) Unknown 200 200 511866885	92.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 155 Mixed 148 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.35 140% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905598-006.A00G 1x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	46.5% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 13.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 15.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 47%

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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	382x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	278x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	241x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	234x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16