Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '17 at 22:58
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 421 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 102 Parallax 88.4 79% 96 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.3 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 277GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3568 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30083186905 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 476 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 64 274879283235 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 266290724926 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1591 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4459 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3961 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4081 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.3% Excellent	Read 498 Write 345 Mixed 322 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 20 110% 38.5 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 45.5 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 108%
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 58 41 253404446762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	101% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 467 Mixed 497 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 39 128% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 186 163% 242 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13387 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205474 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 136 Mixed 132 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 757GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 173 1825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 85 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 606339108 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 185 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	86.8% Excellent	Read 169 Write 134 Mixed 124 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MBP-8 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 21.9 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 75%

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

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

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 $45	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