Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	17.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170710
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '22 at 00:38
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 236 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 382 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340 442,467 User benchmarks, average bench 128% MSI(1462 3972) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 166 Parallax 154 137% 162 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 134 Splatting 0.3 74% 104 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 136%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung CM871 2.5 7mm 128GB 1,004 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT01D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 17 18 18 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 33% Great: 60%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 117GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 89 87 92 90 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 160 Write 144 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 89.5 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD G.SKILL F4-3000C16-8GTZR 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	74.1% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 24.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,294x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	962x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	713x

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 $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16