Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 08:12
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 115 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 531 55% 443 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Gigabyte(1458 3763) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.3% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 21.7 Parallax 21.9 21% 23.2 fps	MRender 30.9 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 29 24% 29.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$75 4,196 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 126 118 114 112 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 542 Write 339 Mixed 383 SusWrite 128 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 21.3 96% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 152 128% 190 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 128%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 17GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 416 Write 407 Mixed 378 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 44 151% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 867GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 186 186 186 183 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 145 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 183 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA641 3TB 2,582 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 143 143 144 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 142 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 165 166 167 167 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 159 Mixed 88 SusWrite 165 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 234% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 430GB free Firmware: GM4OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 84.5 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 89.6 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 Kingston KHX2133C14/8G 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 83%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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	710x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	528x
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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Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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