Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 17:43
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 502 69% 511 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 66.8 62% 73.1 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 72.8 58% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 534 310 310 311 312 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,970 Write 1,433 Mixed 998 SusWrite 470 270% 1,218 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 80 277% 99.6 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 1,475 DQ Mixed 1,012 826% 1,154 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 280%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 61GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 74 69 77 86 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 351 Write 114 Mixed 144 SusWrite 78.5 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 32.4 128% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 87.2 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 88.9 70% 97.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 753GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 152 153 152 154 149 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 144 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 148 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 103% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 113%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 280GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 72 71 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 75.6 Write 75.5 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 70.3 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 859B CT8G4DFS824A.C8FDD1 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 21.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 78%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $190

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	881x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	845x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	561x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	696x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	326x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	166x
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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $414

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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