Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.33% 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 Drive274% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus PRIME B250M-A  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170908
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 27 '20 at 22:37
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700-$167
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 88.7
1-Core 129
2-Core 256
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 688
76% 598 Pts
64-Core 705
44% 705 Pts
Poor: 63%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Asus(1043 8694) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.33% Terrible
Lighting 7.93
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 8.56
6% 8.9 fps
MRender 7.38
Gravity 7.3
Splatting 16
9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.33%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
125GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 964 872 869 781 872 849 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
274% Outstanding
Read 1,800
Write 1,618
Mixed 1,338
SusWrite 868
315% 1,406 MB/s
4K Read 60.1
4K Write 174
4K Mixed 95.1
305% 110 MB/s
DQ Read 1,277
DQ Write 1,131
DQ Mixed 1,193
898% 1,200 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 274%
Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34
255GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 152 155 155 156 143 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Read 152
Write 66
Mixed 79.2
SusWrite 152
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
40.4% Average
MC Read 14
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 11.4
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.3
SC Write 14.2
SC Mixed 13.8
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 40.4%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical PRIME B250M-A Builds (Compare 4,544 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: 72% - Very good Total price: $400
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