Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.65% 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 Drive	338% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 07:21
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 659 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Lighting 8 Reflection 10.9 Parallax 8.06 6% 8.98 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.9 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 437GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2304 825 825 828 827 825 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,720 Write 2,492 Mixed 1,945 SusWrite 1,072 460% 2,057 MB/s	4K Read 72.1 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 101 341% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,373 DQ Write 1,224 DQ Mixed 1,276 963% 1,291 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 355%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 378GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 1 Mixed 1 2% 1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 16% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP Patriot PSD44G213381 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 74%

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

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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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 $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