Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.65% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170221
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 18 '17 at 13:40
Run Duration325 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
Memory 91.3
1-Core 111
2-Core 218
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 422
56% 422 Pts
64-Core 424
26% 424 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 82.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 250
XFX(1682 7250) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 667 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
6.65% Terrible
Lighting 8.23
Reflection 10
Parallax 13.4
7% 10.5 fps
MRender 5.81
Gravity 9.97
Splatting 8
6% 7.93 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 6.65%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48
148GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 127
Write 128
Mixed 122
95% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.23
4K Write 2.44
4K Mixed 0.21
78% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 73%
Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 16GB
10GB free, PID 6545
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
3.91% Terrible
Read 20.7
Write 3.84
Mixed 5.23
9% 9.92 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 0.005
4K Mixed 0.003
1% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.91%
Great: 6%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
47.3% Average
MC Read 16.8
MC Write 16.4
MC Mixed 13.9
45% 15.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 15.5
44% 15.3 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 47.3%
Great: 48%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF Builds (Compare 872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $284
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