Gigabyte GA-B660M DS3H AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	5.75% 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 Drive	115% 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.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B660M DS3H AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20221115
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '23 at 13:25
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12500-$194 3,715 User benchmarks, average bench 99% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 80.4 1-Core 167 2-Core 323 101% 190 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 931 92% 751 Pts	64-Core 1216 75% 1216 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 770 2,512 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 31.0.101.4146 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Lighting 8.9 Reflection 13.9 Parallax 10.4 7% 11.1 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 0.1 3% 3.8 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$40 12,447 User benchmarks, average bench 163% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0918A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 315 62 154 85 145 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,240 Write 1087 Mixed 865 SusWrite 180 188% 843 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 24.3 165% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 74 DQ Mixed 55.3 65% 116 MB/s
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 228%
SSD 120GB 120GB 4,995 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 28GB free Firmware: FW200326 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 31 30 32 31 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 457 Write 68.3 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 30.8 32% 150 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 7.9 56% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 34.8 DQ Mixed 8.4 27% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 219GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 168 175 167 168 170 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 166 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 171 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 34.8 102% 35.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 95%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B660M DS3H AX DDR4

CPU
Core i5-12400FIntel $134Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	1,161x
Core i5-12400Intel $152Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	488x
Core i5-12600KIntel $182Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	249x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	512x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	381x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	211x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	163x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	123x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $68Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	107x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	154x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	138x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	114x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $498

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 $182	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) $30	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