Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics73% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive46.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170323
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 02 '19 at 15:44
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 128
2-Core 251
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 684
67% 549 Pts
64-Core 694
43% 694 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
PNY(196E 1325) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.70
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
73% Very good
Lighting 97.3
Reflection 86.7
Parallax 73.9
79% 86 fps
MRender 68.8
Gravity 77.3
Splatting 75.1
61% 73.7 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15
21GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M6CR013
SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 67 33 46 72 29 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
46.7% Average
Read 463
Write 351
Mixed 24.5
SusWrite 79.5
50% 230 MB/s
4K Read 26.5
4K Write 12.9
4K Mixed 15.3
67% 18.2 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 17.2
DQ Mixed 7.4
23% 53 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
882GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 172 170 172 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
98.7% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 109
Mixed 75.2
SusWrite 171
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 98.7%
Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24
202GB free
Firmware: SC13
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 78 79 78 78 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
44.2% Average
Read 76.5
Write 75.5
Mixed 47
SusWrite 77.5
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 44.2%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4-2666C15-8GVR F4-2666C15-8GVR Kingston 9905625-075.A00G 32GB
2400, 2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
80% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 25.8
81% 28.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.3
SC Mixed 24.8
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 80%
This bench: 80%
Great: 82%

 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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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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