Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics4.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
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)
Memory4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateJul 11 '19 at 20:44
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 219
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 428
8-Core 429
57% 429 Pts
64-Core 416
26% 416 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
4.61% Terrible
Lighting 6.27
Reflection 9.58
Parallax 6.25
5% 7.36 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 5.33
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.16 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.61%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
837GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 156 200 198 191 183 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 111
Write 122
Mixed 29.3
SusWrite 174
79% 109 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 5.3
4K Mixed 2
370% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 111%
Generic USB Flash Disk 64GB
22GB free, PID null
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 2.2
1% 2.2 MB/s
4K Read 3.9
4K Mixed 0
22% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x4GB-$30
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 23
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,549 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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