Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	151% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	312 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 462 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB 3,510 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57XA4104 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,463 Write 536 Mixed 846 208% 948 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 51.9 161% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 22.4 67% 133 MB/s
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 176%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 59GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 10274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2572 (A6) Unknown 100 100 19 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A8) Unknown 100 100 346 (A9) Unknown 100 100 124 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 227 (AE) Unknown 100 100 630 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 43 184684052502 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1848 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29671 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12332 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12371 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	76.9% Very good	Read 418 Write 272 Mixed 292 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 18.6 116% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 41.3 79% 159 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 974GB free Firmware: CC43 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 176 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 635GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 70 67 9361 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11425 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10344 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 17 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094052374 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 185 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11796	85% Excellent	Read 138 Write 159 Mixed 111 101% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.81 4K Mixed 0.37 122% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 560GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 112 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 103%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 102 146% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 74%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 10GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	27.4% Poor	Read 128 Write 22 Mixed 23.2 52% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.69 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.73 75% 2.42 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$38 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 107%

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Typical GA-B250M-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 2,489 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $85

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $94Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	498x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	488x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	438x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	320x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	300x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	248x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	46x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	37x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $324

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