Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170323
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 10:51
Run Duration	281 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 420 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RADEON R5 230 18 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B A01D) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1003 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	1.79% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 1.7 Splatting 2 2% 1.9 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.79% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2020 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 162 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 192 192 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C2) HDA temperature 69 68 137439805471 (F1) Unknown 100 100 35811	80.7% Excellent	Read 486 Write 414 Mixed 386 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 9.01 93% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 14.4 68% 155 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 498GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 198606944 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 119231634 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6586 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25042 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 2278233 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -45234595556687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15677797073 (F2) Unknown 100 253 134132546653	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 115 Mixed 110 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 63GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 166 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8845 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18329 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2185 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 339 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 174 174 80070 (C2) HDA temperature 120 84 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 179 3517 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	47.2% Average	Read 93.3 Write 71.7 Mixed 71.6 59% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.14 34% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 67%
FNK TECH USB CARD READER 64GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 58GB free, PID 0300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.2% Terrible	Read 13.6 Write 6.46 Mixed 7.63 11% 9.24 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.15 15% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 14.2 SC Mixed 12.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 48%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	358x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	350x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	266x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	212x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	195x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	162x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	52x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	46x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	43x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	73x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	24x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $411

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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