Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	374% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 11:15
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 213 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 326 50% 360 Pts	64-Core 357 22% 357 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 76 Parallax 66 64% 73.5 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 69.4 Splatting 72.4 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	374% Outstanding	Read 3,327 Write 29.6 Mixed 57.9 236% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 596 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 1.77 906% 200 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 374% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$40 57,200 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 584GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 188 1441 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4176 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1313 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 1970 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98331 (C2) HDA temperature 123 97 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 21% Great: 63%
Toshiba MK6465GSXN 640GB 1,578 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 524GB free Firmware: GH101M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1964 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6800 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 311 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 11163 (0A) Spinup retry count 235 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6660 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 266 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 199 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 37659 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044249624 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 29 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8246 (DE) Loaded hours 79 79 8428 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 359 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.2% Average	Read 79.1 Write 78.2 Mixed 84.1 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 89GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 140690100 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1475 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15719433 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 487981081 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1554 (C2) HDA temperature 25 13 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 140690100 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -34926674048648 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6977940015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6682710057	80.7% Excellent	Read 137 Write 145 Mixed 119 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C15-8GVRB Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 F4-3000C15-8GVRB 20GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 79%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	959x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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