Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics89.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161019
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJun 21 '17 at 05:35
Run Duration95 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU 12%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 81.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 247
83% 151 Pts
4-Core 453
8-Core 470
61% 462 Pts
64-Core 486
30% 486 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
89.1% Excellent
Lighting 114
Reflection 114
Parallax 98.2
93% 109 fps
MRender 97.8
Gravity 102
Splatting 102
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.1%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78
915GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
54.8% Above average
Read 80.3
Write 111
Mixed 93.9
72% 95 MB/s
4K Read 0.29
4K Write 0.94
4K Mixed 0.21
53% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 84%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.3% Average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 12.6
39% 13.6 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 13.6
SC Mixed 12.4
35% 12.3 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 40.3%
Great: 80%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,549 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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HDDRAMUSB
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