Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	90.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '21 at 04:09
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 142 2-Core 236 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 704 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 85F4) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.6 Reflection 18.1 Parallax 18.4 14% 18 fps	MRender 15.9 Gravity 18.7 Splatting 16.4 14% 17 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 512GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 288GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 364 213 386 271 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 384 Mixed 262 SusWrite 315 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 30.7 128% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 246 211% 312 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 98%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 892GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 398 422 427 430 426 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 480 Write 393 Mixed 394 SusWrite 416 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 21.8 96% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 36.2 86% 173 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 100%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 0GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 424 Write 386 Mixed 369 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 37.5 133% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 301 216% 275 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 197 203 204 210 207 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 129 Write 178 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 201 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 106%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 178 178 181 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 153 Mixed 101 SusWrite 177 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 405% 3.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FAD 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 24.4 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

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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%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,289x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	958x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	709x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	527x
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	65x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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