Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 07:10
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 463 62% 461 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Zotac(19DA 2454) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 27.5 Parallax 33.8 30% 32.7 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 34.4 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS250G32TND-N1A2A 250GB 5,131 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 752 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 110 (64) Unknown 100 100 903415 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 99 99 17 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 3 (B2) Unknown 100 100 92 (B3) Unknown 100 100 405 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6475 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 0 64427196444 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 98 80 1162 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 629 (F1) Unknown 100 100 930 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2094 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 106512	89.9% Excellent	Read 516 Write 334 Mixed 355 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 23.1 124% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 21.9 86% 195 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 106%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 774GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 2475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 134 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 990 (C2) HDA temperature 111 106 32 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 178 Mixed 164 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 5,442 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 11.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 13.5 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 46%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	880x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	844x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	694x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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