Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '19 at 22:05
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 454 61% 453 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 12D9) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 78 Parallax 67.9 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 70 Splatting 70 62% 77.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 60 52 58 51 52 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 398 Write 267 Mixed 283 SusWrite 81.6 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 36.9 137% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 186 168% 256 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 32GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 153 154 152 147 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 119 Mixed 80.5 SusWrite 151 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 174GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 75 78 76 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 98.2 Write 66.5 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 75.7 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 59%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 600GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 33GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 225 223 218 219 223 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 247 Write 202 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 221 131% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1.5 308% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSB.16FBR 1x16GB 142 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 47%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,292x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	961x
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	462x

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	66x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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