Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 02:59
Run Duration	359 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 640 67% 538 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 211 Parallax 203 158% 203 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 184 Splatting 133 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579519586 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 956 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 34 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 394 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 967 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 967 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 231929544746 (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	68.3% Good	Read 112 Write 126 Mixed 125 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3750526AS 750GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 532GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC14 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221379397 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130556423 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3359 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 689635365 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1893 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 42949672997 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 35 221379397 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126379412692723 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1353070486 (F2) Unknown 100 253 906710265	53.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 84.4 Mixed 107 74% 98 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.31 80% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 140GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 169066560 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5754 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 279510216560 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4859 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 4295033491 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 672923686 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 283 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6151 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 30064771110 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 9 169066560 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 49967649534457 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1588904130 (F2) Unknown 100 253 842824810	42.7% Average	Read 73.9 Write 75.3 Mixed 69.1 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.31 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 75%
hp v255w 8GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID b107 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.45% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 4.24 Mixed 5.26 9% 9.01 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.45% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL15-17-17 D4-3000 2x8GB 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.8% Below average	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 11.5 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 101%

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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%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $174

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	882x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	845x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	561x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
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	167x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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