Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161108
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 08:58
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 89.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 655 74% 579 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 119% 139 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 134 Splatting 103 92% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 240GB 15,968 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: V2.8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 459 Write 367 Mixed 306 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 79.8 4K Mixed 11.1 97% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 18.1 48% 101 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 99%
Apacer SM210 M280 SATA 256GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 148GB free Firmware: SFDM1D1K SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 339 339 341 340 339 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 301 Mixed 265 SusWrite 339 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.4 176% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 158 161% 262 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
Apacer SM210 M280 SATA 256GB 60GB free Firmware: SFDM1D1K SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 335 335 333 330 331 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	110% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 300 Mixed 280 SusWrite 334 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.8 185% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 157 161% 261 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$85 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 170 167 170 171 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 102 Write 77.3 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 170 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 114%
Innostor Innostor 16GB 2,388 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 21 21 22 22 22 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 23 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 21.7 30% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 58% 3 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$90 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 23.6 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 113%

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

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,313x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	974x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	723x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	538x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	475x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	466x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	141x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	141x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	111x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	93x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $288

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