Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 4% 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.03% 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	38.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 10:41
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 238 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 276 8-Core 304 38% 290 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8094) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 8.85 Parallax 9.12 6% 8.4 fps	MRender 7.86 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 8.52 6% 7.57 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12910395694 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201863462948 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 429499940964 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 407 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1405 (F1) Unknown 253 253 615 (F2) Unknown 253 253 706 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	38.9% Below average	Read 486 Write 39.6 Mixed 73 42% 200 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 28.7 4K Mixed 1.18 47% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 38.5 DQ Mixed 3.2 27% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 215GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 1040 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 8854560732 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 835 (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 67 50 555221025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 34 1040 (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 60155311965754 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1960070260 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3957740161	62.4% Good	Read 105 Write 113 Mixed 94.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.65 118% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 89GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 45 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 66 43 10425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5541 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25276 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1762 (B5) Unknown 100 100 19332763 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1899 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684249117 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 294 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8382	46.7% Average	Read 76.2 Write 86.3 Mixed 77.8 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 72%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 45GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9410 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1509 (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 95 95 23278 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1316 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 56 403963928 (C2) HDA temperature 72 54 471072796 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 495484 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	52.2% Above average	Read 92.2 Write 89.6 Mixed 109 74% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.34 83% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 1x4GB 5,412 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	44.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 11.8 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 49%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	149x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Total price: $284

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