Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% 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	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	4.7 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	May 30 '17 at 21:50
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4560-$31 70,054 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 160 72% 119 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 234 29% 220 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 44.5 Parallax 39.8 39% 44 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 40.9 Splatting 36 32% 38.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S400 120GB 1,721 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 112GB free Firmware: Q0202A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 175 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 936 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1690 (F2) Unknown 100 100 810 (F5) Unknown 100 100 936	97.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 393 Mixed 444 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 27 132% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 29 100% 220 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 100 351 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57 (A9) Unknown 100 100 19 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 37 (AE) Unknown 100 100 36 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 100 201863462948 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3676 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2575 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2090	66% Good	Read 491 Write 204 Mixed 287 72% 327 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 3.79 91% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 24.2 68% 145 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 78%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free Firmware: GKAOAB0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 103 103 47287567029 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3667 (05) Reallocated sector count 73 73 626 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 977 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3757 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3757 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223338823719 (C4) Reallocation count 55 55 937 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 10 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	37.4% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 66.1 Mixed 65.2 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.49 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 46%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050H 500GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 135GB free Firmware: ARF02A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2027 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 731 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3474 (0A) Spinup retry count 114 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 354 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 211093 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 150324379682 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 99 99 414 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 261 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 859B CT4G4DFS8213.M8FA 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 19.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.1 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 - $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