Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	67.9% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '19 at 13:02
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 76 1-Core 121 2-Core 203 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 269 8-Core 510 46% 390 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 128 3.7 19 78 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 446 Write 121 Mixed 353 SusWrite 71.4 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 66.1 4K Mixed 28.2 107% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 189 171% 258 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 600GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 143 141 143 118 126 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 136 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.M8FE CT8G4DFS824A.C8FE 16GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 10.8 34% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,293x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	961x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	712x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	530x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16