Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics104% 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 Drive269% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-PLUS  (all builds)
Memory25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime6.1 Days
Run DateDec 02 '17 at 07:44
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600-$132
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 84
1-Core 124
2-Core 230
82% 146 Pts
4-Core 447
8-Core 458
60% 453 Pts
64-Core 455
28% 455 Pts
Poor: 47%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 134
Reflection 147
Parallax 134
109% 138 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 129
Splatting 108
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
184GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
269% Outstanding
Read 2,841
Write 1,183
Mixed 1,322
390% 1,782 MB/s
4K Read 57.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 39.8
208% 76.5 MB/s
DQ Read 549
DQ Write 426
DQ Mixed 24.2
144% 333 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 269%
Great: 236%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
146GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 1,539
Write 1,057
Mixed 1,116
274% 1,237 MB/s
4K Read 57.7
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 40.8
207% 75.2 MB/s
DQ Read 547
DQ Write 422
DQ Mixed 211
232% 393 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 209%
Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1TB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
75% Very good
Read 142
Write 120
Mixed 141
102% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 1.34
4K Mixed 0.21
71% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 75%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
41.7% Average
MC Read 13.9
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 13.2
39% 13.8 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 14.3
39% 13.7 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,581 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-PLUS - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 72% - Very good Total price: $426
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