Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.07% 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 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateAug 09 '20 at 13:44
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User HKG-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
Memory 86
1-Core 121
2-Core 228
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 652
65% 529 Pts
64-Core 572
35% 572 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.07% Terrible
Lighting 7.7
Reflection 9.12
Parallax 8.25
6% 8.36 fps
MRender 6.86
Gravity 6.8
Splatting 15.7
9% 9.77 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.07%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
310GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC63
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 133 112 108 107 47 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Read 151
Write 150
Mixed 72.1
SusWrite 101
87% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 112%
Fujitsu HDD 1TB
395GB free, PID 120e
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 81 85 85 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
35.5% Below average
Read 82.9
Write 82.3
Mixed 33
SusWrite 84.4
94% 70.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 35.5%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905702-014.A00G 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.9% Below average
MC Read 14.2
MC Write 13.6
MC Mixed 11.7
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 13.8
SC Mixed 13.1
36% 12.7 GB/s
Latency 71.3
56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,561 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: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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