Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

3 months ago, 3 months ago, 2 months ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:22
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i3-7100-$115 16,585 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	63.3% Good	SC Int 119 SC Float 124 SC Mixed 121 97% 122 Pts	QC Int 305 QC Float 307 QC Mixed 268 66% 293 Pts	MC Int 281 MC Float 308 MC Mixed 330 46% 306 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$170 43,665 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36D9) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 92.3 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 90.9 28% 88.4 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 85.7 Splatting 67.5 33% 77.1 fps
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 37%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$74 10,202 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 118 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 33 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 422862849	102% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 382 Mixed 419 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 47.2 142% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 113 133% 232 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$40 599,327 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 929GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 106 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 98 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 294 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	100% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 158 Mixed 127 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$55 69,988 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 836GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 30373136 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4843597 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (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 76 63 404160536 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1207 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 77309411352 (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 37696927957160 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3082178599 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1586061824	98.3% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 167 Mixed 129 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 116%
WD Elements 500GB 3,625 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 357GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 91.9 Write 90.1 Mixed 69.5 106% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41G56AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 28.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 70%

Battleship

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $83

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $175Bench 78%, 34,035 samples	714x
Core i5-7400Intel $177Bench 71%, 38,023 samples	597x
Pentium G4560Intel $58Bench 58%, 21,686 samples	409x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $155Bench 39%, 174,816 samples	562x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $289Bench 71%, 283,049 samples	520x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 8%, 40,703 samples	493x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $87Bench 106%, 288,084 samples	235x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 201%, 85,292 samples	97x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $65Bench 71%, 30,896 samples	96x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GBCorsair $79Bench 42%, 8,533 samples	143x
HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GBKingstonBench 42%, 11,092 samples	103x
HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GBKingstonBench 78%, 8,187 samples	96x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $579

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $87
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $150	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $289	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $120
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $160

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $160	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $945	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $55	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $219	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12