Asrock B250M Pro4

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	61.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (80%). 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.

Motherboard	Asrock B250M Pro4 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170328
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '20 at 04:14
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	80%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 236 76% 138 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 463 61% 459 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% AMD(1002 010A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.02% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.56 1% 1.42 fps	MRender 1.38 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.26 1% 1.16 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.02% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 115 108 111 108 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Read 354 Write 126 Mixed 166 SusWrite 109 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 28 113% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 114 92% 132 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 79%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$72 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 911GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 77 74 79 75 72 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 72.2 Write 61.9 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 74.2 52% 69.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2017)-$88 26,606 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 572GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 137 115 136 138 142 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 13.5 Write 28.6 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 131 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 82% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 2x4GB 2,387 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 78%

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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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Typical B250M Pro4 Builds (Compare 1,482 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock B250M Pro4 - $85

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	280x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	232x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	175x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	176x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	171x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	146x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	55x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	33x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	30x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 25,824 samples	35x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	35x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	33x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $390

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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