Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 43%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics54.3% 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 Drive123% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180511
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 13 '18 at 12:58
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 93.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
89% 158 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 510
66% 500 Pts
64-Core 495
31% 495 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75
CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
54.3% Above average
Lighting 68.1
Reflection 70.8
Parallax 96.2
56% 78.4 fps
MRender 69.9
Gravity 65.6
Splatting 57.3
52% 64.3 fps
Poor: 35%
This bench: 54.3%
Great: 53%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 296 299 294 289 291 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 509
Write 493
Mixed 404
SusWrite 308
96% 428 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 63.4
216% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 385
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 357
270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 123%
Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
225GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 134 134 136 136 136 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 137
Write 138
Mixed 73
SusWrite 134
88% 121 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
80% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 23.8
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 25.4
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,552 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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