Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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.

System	Gigabyte B250M-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration	88 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 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 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091769 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2342 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2455 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2455 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 214749806634 (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 200 200 0	74.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 145 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 267GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 129 129 12897353892 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 22254 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2010 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 20434 (C0) Power-off retract count 78 78 26756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 26756 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 223339413542 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 2488 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 7 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7	66.6% Good	Read 120 Write 112 Mixed 107 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.32 73% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 1x8GB 532 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 12.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.2 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 46%

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	123x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	91x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	88x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	74x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GBCorsairBench 71%, 16,770 samples	11x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $195

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