Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 06:48
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 119 2-Core 235 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 418 52% 395 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^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 100 100 610 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3486 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 60 (A3) Unknown 100 100 31 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24344 (A5) Unknown 100 100 78 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 113 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29953 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 101011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 247189 (F5) Unknown 100 100 194752	94.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 360 Mixed 422 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 22.7 131% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 21.6 91% 203 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 103%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 948GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5425 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82403 (C2) HDA temperature 112 104 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 82.4 Write 78.1 Mixed 77.1 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.19 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 84%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 240GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6170 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8062 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 62 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 72 61 470941724 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 317132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 77.5 Write 76.1 Mixed 78.1 58% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.42 98% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.8% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.6 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	356x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	350x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	211x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	161x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	51x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	45x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	24x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $426

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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