Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '20 at 18:45
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$219 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 82.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 634 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.9% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 66 Parallax 58.5 49% 61.4 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 52 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB 44,418 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 424 426 438 447 446 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 401 Mixed 417 SusWrite 435 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 49.8 176% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 284 230% 326 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 123%
Hitachi HTS545025B9SA00 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 233GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 41 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.4 Write 39.2 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 41.6 51% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6MFR8N-TF 1x16GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.6 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.4 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 42%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,298x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	965x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	714x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	468x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	463x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	140x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $302

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16