Asus PRIME B250-PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 14:13
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 446 58% 438 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4974 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 6.9 Parallax 8 6% 7.3 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 10.7 7% 8.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 7%
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 85CD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.1% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 31.8 28% 33.3 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 22.1 24% 30.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$60 162,275 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 12 36 125 59 59 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,313 Write 924 Mixed 840 SusWrite 107 176% 796 MB/s	4K Read 55.4 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 71.6 253% 91 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 223 274% 465 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 209%
Intel 520 Series 480GB-$249 1,770 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 276GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 218 204 217 283 284 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 445 Write 309 Mixed 317 SusWrite 236 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 28.5 100% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 147 114% 161 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 71%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 387GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.9 4.8 4.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	12.1% Very poor	Read 38.8 Write 40.7 Mixed 36.4 SusWrite 4.8 39% 30.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 12%
SAMSUNG HD502HJ 500GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 99GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 38 38 38 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 26.4 Mixed 34 SusWrite 37.6 46% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 128% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 23 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 80%

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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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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 34%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250-PLUS - $100

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	381x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	278x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	240x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	235x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	233x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	125x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	57x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	37x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	49x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	39x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	28x

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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 $178	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