Gigabyte GA-B150M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
SystemGigabyte B150M-Gaming 3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B150M-Gaming 3-CF  (all builds)
Memory4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20170111
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateJul 26 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 134
2-Core 259
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 730
74% 597 Pts
64-Core 723
45% 723 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (99 fps cap detected)
80.6% Excellent
Lighting 99.8
Reflection 98.8
Parallax 77.6
81% 92.1 fps
MRender 91.3
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 99.1
79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 88%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
717GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
90.3% Outstanding
Read 159
Write 156
Mixed 138
114% 151 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.38
4K Mixed 0.17
60% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 90.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
43.7% Average
MC Read 15.3
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 12.6
42% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 14.9
SC Mixed 12.3
39% 13.5 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 43.7%
Great: 52%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B150M-Gaming 3-CF Builds (Compare 115 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B150M-Gaming 3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 78% - Very good Total price: $321
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