Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	29.3% 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	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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 338 45% 337 Pts	64-Core 332 20% 332 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D7) 2GB; asus gtx 1050 2gb CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 26 Parallax 32.4 30% 31.7 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 33.8 Splatting 32.6 28% 34.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (A5) Unknown 100 100 26 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 169 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 36 154619805727 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 30066081799 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 59 (EA) Unknown 100 100 149 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67 (F2) Unknown 100 100 67 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	38.9% Below average	Read 492 Write 37.8 Mixed 106 45% 212 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 3.59 48% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 46.5 DQ Mixed 5.78 24% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 878GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 72 118124966 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 43644 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (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 73 73 454557723 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 27 24 103079215131 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 17 118124966 (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 -136236362629116 (F1) Unknown 100 253 113965337 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4159629	90.7% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 163 Mixed 132 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.24 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 67%

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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