Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive204% 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-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateSep 10 '17 at 00:37
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st 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)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 132
2-Core 259
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 488
8-Core 496
66% 492 Pts
64-Core 508
31% 508 Pts
Poor: 54%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4551
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.67% Terrible
Lighting 8.07
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 7.84
7% 9.21 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 6.93
Splatting 16.6
10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.67%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
204% Outstanding
Read 1,737
Write 883
Mixed 1,308
289% 1,310 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 169
4K Mixed 48.2
184% 79.5 MB/s
DQ Read 599
DQ Write 485
DQ Mixed 23.1
159% 369 MB/s
Poor: 122%
This bench: 204%
Great: 219%
WD Red 8TB (2017)-$231
6TB free
Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 176
Mixed 196
145% 192 MB/s
4K Read 1.68
4K Write 4.24
4K Mixed 0.55
210% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35
74GB free
Firmware: 04.06A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
100% Outstanding
Read 177
Write 171
Mixed 152
125% 167 MB/s
4K Read 1.06
4K Write 4.27
4K Mixed 0.34
161% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 100%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
85.4% Excellent
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 28.2
87% 30.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 26.5
74% 25.8 GB/s
Latency 65.8
61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,581 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-PLUS - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $426
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HDDRAMUSB
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