Gigabyte GA-B660M DS3H AX DDR4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82% 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	145% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B660M DS3H AX DDR4 (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '23 at 12:35
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-12400F-$133 48,886 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 75.1 1-Core 165 2-Core 315 98% 185 Pts	4-Core 547 8-Core 923 89% 735 Pts	64-Core 1,101 68% 1,101 Pts
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-$330 20,866 User benchmarks, average bench 86% Gigabyte(1458 2334) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.2.2 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82% Excellent	Lighting 79.8 Reflection 129 Parallax 164 65% 125 fps	MRender 194 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 141 115% 141 fps
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPEKNU512GZ 512GB 19,397 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 110 117 113 119 112 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1803 Write 1,352 Mixed 753 SusWrite 163 225% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 55.9 4K Mixed 47 162% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 149 143% 234 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 290%
Transcend TS256GMTE110S 256GB 4,102 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 109GB free Firmware: T0609B0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 116 119 115 120 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Read 1,099 Write 950 Mixed 702 SusWrite 125 160% 719 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 11.5 101% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 82 DQ Mixed 228 164% 218 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 191%
WD Game Drive 2TB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 619GB free, PID 2630 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 2.5 Write 6.5 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 66.4 32% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GIGA-BYTE Co Ltd GP-ARS16G33 2x8GB 265 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 29.3 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 117%

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

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Gaming 101%

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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 $133Bench 98%, 48,886 samples	1,163x
Core i5-12400Intel $162Bench 98%, 17,352 samples	489x
Core i5-12600KIntel $177Bench 109%, 101,563 samples	251x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	515x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	382x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	211x

SSD
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	164x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	123x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $66Bench 224%, 92,081 samples	107x

RAM
KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GBKingstonBench 88%, 58,684 samples	154x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	139x
DDR4 3200 2x8GBAdataBench 87%, 87,891 samples	114x

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Value: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $506

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