Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.64% 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 Drive	55.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 19:39
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 503 8-Core 504 67% 504 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4550 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.64% Terrible	Lighting 8.03 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 7.81 6% 9.19 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 16.5 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.64% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^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 100 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (A2) Unknown 94 94 7 (AA) Unknown 100 100 104 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196619 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 390	55.5% Above average	Read 398 Write 256 Mixed 167 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 3.86 57% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 2.94 53% 124 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 82%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 852GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2701 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1033412775 (F2) Unknown 200 200 1263562826	78.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 127 Mixed 125 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.26 120% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 604GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3732 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5145 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3532 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 743 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2988 (C2) HDA temperature 109 90 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 88.2 Write 91.5 Mixed 93.5 69% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK4GX4M1A2400C16 029E CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 12GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.9 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 77%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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