Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180327
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '19 at 06:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 79.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 590 60% 487 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 2750) 2GB CLim: 1033 MHz, MLim: 540 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	4.57% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 5.03 4% 4.95 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 8.3 6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.57% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 425 303 180 329 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 445 Write 147 Mixed 240 SusWrite 284 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 73.7 4K Mixed 41 138% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 326 239% 315 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 188 183 190 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 175 Mixed 91 SusWrite 186 117% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 109%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 500GB 191 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 43GB free, PID 61f3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 278 306 309 303 244 134 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 307 Write 299 Mixed 255 SusWrite 262 379% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 56.5 4K Mixed 37.1 3,292% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 44.3 4,155% 51 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 19.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

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