Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 00:02
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (90^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 229 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 707 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 44.4 Reflection 42.7 Parallax 37.9 36% 41.7 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 34.3 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 103GB free Firmware: CS900208 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 819 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 60 60 320 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 314	77.7% Very good	Read 418 Write 408 Mixed 425 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 6.36 92% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 9.82 72% 162 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80383096 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 113238874 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1582 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471138332 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7582 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -12695923321142 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24035651405 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34504526835	81.3% Excellent	Read 148 Write 135 Mixed 141 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 114%
PNY USB3.0FD 64GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 59GB free, PID 00eb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 43.5 Write 14.4 Mixed 35.8 36% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.77 4K Write 0.25 4K Mixed 0.25 27% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 80%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

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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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