Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.07% 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 Drive122% 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 14 '18 at 22:55
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 89.1
1-Core 118
2-Core 234
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 447
59% 443 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6170
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.07% Terrible
Lighting 7.8
Reflection 11.3
Parallax 8.34
6% 9.16 fps
MRender 8.62
Gravity 6.63
Splatting 14.1
8% 9.79 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.07%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52
204GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 432 352 286 286 287 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
122% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 420
Mixed 406
SusWrite 346
92% 408 MB/s
4K Read 46.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 63
212% 74.8 MB/s
DQ Read 384
DQ Write 331
DQ Mixed 354
266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 122%
Great: 128%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8
29GB free, PID 5581
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 38 18 18 18 18 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
31.4% Below average
Read 124
Write 50.5
Mixed 70.4
SusWrite 27.3
80% 68 MB/s
4K Read 4.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 2.7
180% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 31.4%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
42.8% Average
MC Read 15.9
MC Write 16.1
MC Mixed 11.5
41% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 13.3
SC Mixed 10.7
35% 12.1 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 42.8%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,616 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $414
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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