Asus PRIME B250M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.7% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus PRIME B250M-A (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180511
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '21 at 01:45
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 636 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Gigabyte(1458 3642) 2GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 20.9 Parallax 15 14% 17.9 fps	MRender 22.8 Gravity 19 Splatting 15.6 15% 19.1 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,727 Write 2,544 Mixed 1,933 534% 2,401 MB/s	4K Read 76.2 4K Write 214 4K Mixed 109 368% 133 MB/s	DQ Read 1,485 DQ Write 1338 DQ Mixed 1,379 1,043% 1,401 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 664GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 53 119 121 117 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 75.3 Write 4.5 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 109 38% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 72%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 95 94 95 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 57 SusWrite 95.6 66% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron CT4G4DFS8213.8FA11 Patriot PSD44G213381 Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 75%

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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 $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	1,292x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	961x
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	462x

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 $269	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 $40	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