Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '17 at 00:47
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 238 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 685 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 192 Parallax 176 144% 182 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 172 Splatting 123 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A120G 500GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 85GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 576 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9875 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 56 25781622550 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 62 487784477 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 49 33 576 (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 23029614648458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1196786062 (F2) Unknown 100 253 320399214	9.98% Terrible	Read 103 Write 85 Mixed 76.1 20% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.55 2% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.98% Great: 120%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 108 18122179 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 -2267742708782 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2363 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 303 (B1) Unknown 0 0 11 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 71 64429162527 (C2) HDA temperature 31 71 64429162527 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 18122179 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 18122179 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 18122179 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 58326 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28960 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28960 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16090	67.2% Good	Read 480 Write 145 Mixed 178 58% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 18.7 116% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 99.1 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 9.74 37% 80.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 323GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11663784 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2546 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 13039041717 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23438 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2328 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 487850013 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 261 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 445618 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 60129542173 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 44173738655031 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33750155320 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46983493524	89.5% Excellent	Read 182 Write 130 Mixed 139 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 73% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 38,955 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 12.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 91%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $190

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: $414

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