Asus PRIME B250-PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 23:21
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 208 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 344 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7372 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.91% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 0.09 0% 3.52 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 14.9 8% 9.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AVCS-6 500GB 9,720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 48 56 42 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 72.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 47.2 46% 62 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 51%
Fujitsu MHW2040BH 40GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 50GB free Firmware: 0000001C SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 35 36 35 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 42.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 35 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 26%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 8.3 7.8 7.1 7.5 8.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	5.28% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 5.3 Mixed 3.2 SusWrite 7.8 9% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.28% Great: 7%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 5000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.1 3.5 3 3.6 3.4 3.5 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	3.89% Terrible	Read 14.2 Write 3.5 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 3.3 8% 7.18 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.89% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingmax GLLG42F-D8KFGA------ 1x8GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 48%

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Typical PRIME B250-PLUS Builds (Compare 1,654 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	380x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	278x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	240x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	233x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $405

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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