Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170616
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 02:57
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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 i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 168 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 538 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 179 Parallax 168 128% 168 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 175 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 512GB-$180 2,804 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM001B Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 480 Write 422 Mixed 66.2 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 38.2 142% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 29.7 96% 210 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 108%
Asmt 2115 512GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 432GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	16.3% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 41.3 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 41.8 9% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 14.1 4K Mixed 10.6 35% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 26.4 DQ Mixed 23.4 18% 23.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 74%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 97GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 439 445 461 458 459 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 399 Mixed 346 SusWrite 445 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 45.8 167% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 318 242% 328 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Samsung PM830 512GB 611 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 210GB free Firmware: CXM03D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 370 374 378 378 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 454 Write 51 Mixed 270 SusWrite 371 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 27.2 107% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 150 122% 178 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x16GB 2,670 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 83.1 48% 83.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 104%

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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 75%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,290x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	960x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	711x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	467x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	461x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	140x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	139x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	109x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	92x
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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $385

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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