Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (30%). 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	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 10:45
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$42 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 219 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 347 48% 359 Pts	64-Core 362 22% 362 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 10.3 Parallax 7.47 6% 8.53 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 6.87 Splatting 16.3 9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 247GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1C2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 40 58 44 49 40 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.7% Below average	Read 190 Write 100 Mixed 128 SusWrite 50 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 9.3 65% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 50.1 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 42.9 55% 92.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 237GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 74 76 76 76 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 47.2 Write 26.6 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 75.5 35% 46.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 802GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 120 120 113 121 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 89 Write 90.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 117 106% 78.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 34% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.2% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.3 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 16.5 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 91%

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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 $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	710x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	528x
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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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