Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	62% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 16:20
Run Duration	399 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 422 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 49 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (64) Unknown 100 100 85952 (65) Unknown 100 100 13248 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 25 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1261 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 38 100 163210133542 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 157 (EA) Unknown 100 100 77 (F1) Unknown 100 100 142 (F2) Unknown 100 100 172 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	62% Good	Read 458 Write 250 Mixed 146 62% 285 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 8.26 67% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 27.6 70% 151 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 865GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 63 30178224 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7589035 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 58 639303718 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 364 (C2) HDA temperature 38 22 94489280550 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 30178224 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 13692355739991 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2810913984 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3393140972	108% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 187 Mixed 149 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.33 113% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Mass Storage Device 640GB 432 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 123GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 40.3 Mixed 11.8 36% 30 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.33 56% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 19%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 21.7 Write 3.33 Mixed 4.62 9% 9.89 MB/s	4K Read 5.39 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 1.04 67% 2.26 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM48GU48N24-FFFHM 1x8GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 14.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 45%

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	709x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	527x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

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