Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 19:54
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 427 57% 428 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.6% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 10.1 Parallax 6.94 6% 7.92 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 14.3 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.6% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Pro 6000p NVMe PCIe M.2 360GB 1,041 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 289GB free Firmware: HP01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,495 Write 507 Mixed 548 185% 850 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.4 130% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 23.3 106% 238 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 123%
Samsung MZNLF128HCHP-00004 128GB 7,448 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT2301Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8914 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1104 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 89 (AE) Unknown 99 99 33 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1064 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 16030628 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5441 (F2) Unknown 99 99 11306 (F9) Unknown 99 99 11392	43.2% Average	Read 489 Write 105 Mixed 147 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 9.77 54% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 37.7 DQ Mixed 8.46 13% 24.9 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 56%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 258GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 853 (03) Spinup time 166 159 6658 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2182 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 285 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 171756 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	39.1% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 65.7 Mixed 71.2 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FHP Kingston 9905678-065.A00G G.SKILL F4-3200C16-8GVK 24GB 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 25.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	959x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	461x

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	65x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16