Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	16.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '21 at 08:00
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 186 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 576 60% 481 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 104 Parallax 107 94% 108 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 97.7 Splatting 89.8 84% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000056R8 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 388 Mixed 356 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 22.6 118% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 174 152% 228 MB/s
Poor: 61% Great: 96%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 72GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 71 68 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 117 Write 109 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 71.2 58% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 75%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 78 79 79 79 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 115 Write 31.4 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 76.7 74% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.4% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.8 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 4: 0R 0G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
4%	29%	14	108	4	144	24"	1920 1080	ACI24A4 VG248

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Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,642 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $90Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	850x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	564x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	698x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	533x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	328x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	167x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	90x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	69x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $329

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16