Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	62.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '18 at 01:14
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 119 2-Core 224 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 693 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB; MSI ARMOR 8G sc CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2727 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 157 Parallax 135 128% 150 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 145 Splatting 116 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 59 67 63 52 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Read 394 Write 54.8 Mixed 248 SusWrite 69.3 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 23.3 118% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 13 54% 120 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 71%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 223GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1157 1163 1133 1146 1154 1143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,074 Write 1,223 Mixed 728 SusWrite 1,149 235% 1,043 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 62.6 217% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 594 504% 736 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 210%
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 102GB free Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 412 414 398 399 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 412 Mixed 228 SusWrite 403 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 55 184% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 284 228% 322 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 119%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 293GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 127 128 127 126 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 149 Mixed 106 SusWrite 127 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 Adata CL16-16-16 D4-2400 Adata 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

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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-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	710x

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 $15	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) $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