Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.2% 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 Drive88.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 02 '19 at 11:58
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 87.9
1-Core 117
2-Core 229
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 452
60% 452 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 83%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (102 fps cap detected)
82.2% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 101
Parallax 86.8
82% 96.2 fps
MRender 96.4
Gravity 102
Splatting 103
82% 100 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3G37R5
SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 204 117 100 93 116 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 492
Write 396
Mixed 152
SusWrite 139
65% 295 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 95
4K Mixed 41.1
158% 57.4 MB/s
DQ Read 288
DQ Write 262
DQ Mixed 156
150% 235 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 199 200 202 202 199 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 193
Write 154
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 200
115% 158 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 113%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
69.5% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 21
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.6
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 21.8
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 80%

 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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HDDRAMUSB
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