Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.28% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 19:24
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7350K-$40 4,002 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 229 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 366 49% 368 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.28% Terrible	Lighting 5.07 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.85 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 5.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.28% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 160GB-$149 13,029 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29576 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 101 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 167 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 113246 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 647 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1774586 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 113246 (F2) Unknown 100 100 82586	43.3% Average	Read 256 Write 164 Mixed 194 45% 205 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 13 64% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 26.3 37% 70.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 20 (C2) HDA temperature 118 113 25 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 177 Mixed 158 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.26 122% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD2 Hynix HMA451U6AFR8N-TF 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 72%

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

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $93Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	849x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	562x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	327x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	167x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	89x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $332

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16