Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics91.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 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)
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 11 '19 at 22:02
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$184
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
90% Outstanding
Memory 92.2
1-Core 131
2-Core 256
90% 160 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 511
68% 509 Pts
64-Core 504
31% 504 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 90%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294
Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
91.6% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 119
Parallax 120
96% 119 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 99.5
Splatting 82.4
84% 106 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
107GB free
Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 936 253 254 256 255 256 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
196% Outstanding
Read 1,029
Write 1,063
Mixed 993
SusWrite 368
194% 864 MB/s
4K Read 56.9
4K Write 210
4K Mixed 80.2
300% 116 MB/s
DQ Read 718
DQ Write 1,074
DQ Mixed 790
628% 861 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 196%
Great: 223%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
52GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 81 84 105 115 116 MB/s
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
70.4% Very good
Read 150
Write 136
Mixed 87.5
SusWrite 94.2
86% 117 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.2
244% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FE CT8G4DFS824A.M8FH 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
78.7% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 23.5
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.4
68% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 78.7%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,565 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: $381
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CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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