Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	248% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170428
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 02:52
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 244 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.25 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 144 Parallax 124 108% 134 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 103 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 560 542 546 545 547 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,294 Write 1,369 Mixed 1,114 SusWrite 578 296% 1,339 MB/s	4K Read 58.7 4K Write 171 4K Mixed 86.4 290% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,275 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 483 405% 623 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 293%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 642GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 83.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 94.9 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 113%
WD Re 4TB (2012)-$52 4,260 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01K01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 164 166 167 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 149 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 165 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 96%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 452GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 64 65 65 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 64.5 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 64.1 45% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 97%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

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	960x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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