Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170707
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 18:28
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 375 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 39.1 36% 41.2 fps	MRender 29.3 Gravity 38.8 Splatting 35.3 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 162 161 65 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 84.3 Write 176 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 95.5 69% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.9 357% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 850GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 199 199 194 196 196 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 125 Mixed 81 SusWrite 197 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.3% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.7 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.9 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 48%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,617 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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