Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 114%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 99%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics130% 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 Drive99.5% 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.
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)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170428
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateAug 10 '18 at 22:18
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.2% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 139
2-Core 255
91% 162 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 723
73% 592 Pts
64-Core 763
47% 763 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 182
Reflection 201
Parallax 178
149% 187 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 177
Splatting 125
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90
78GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 171 189 113 121 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
99.5% Outstanding
Read 413
Write 460
Mixed 247
SusWrite 146
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 41.7
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 53.4
195% 71.5 MB/s
DQ Read 353
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 232
196% 287 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 99.5%
Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
364GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 128 129 130 129 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Read 141
Write 144
Mixed 89
SusWrite 128
92% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 109%
WD My Passport 2TB
224GB free, PID 0748
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
21.6% Poor
Read 38.8
Write 40.7
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 41.7
50% 36.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 21.6%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 KHX2133C14D4/4G GEIL CL16-16-16 D4-2400 16GB
2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.3% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.5
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 22.3
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,554 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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