Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (85%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170710
Uptime26.4 Days
Run DateApr 02 '18 at 06:34
Run Duration94 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 85%
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 PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$95
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
37.1% Below average
Memory 42.1
1-Core 58.2
2-Core 96.3
38% 65.5 Pts
4-Core 173
8-Core 268
27% 220 Pts
64-Core 311
19% 311 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 37.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
74.2% Very good
Lighting 92.2
Reflection 99.5
Parallax 83.7
75% 91.8 fps
MRender 86.8
Gravity 88
Splatting 89.6
72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31
587GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Read 156
Write 161
Mixed 145
116% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.95
4K Write 2.32
4K Mixed 0.25
111% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M378A5244CB0-CRC 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
50.6% Above average
MC Read 20.3
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 17.2
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 13
SC Mixed 9.6
27% 9.33 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,562 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 41%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-A - $74

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $385
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HDDRAMUSB
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