Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 17:46
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 334 45% 338 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Lighting 5.57 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 1.84 4% 5.25 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 5.91 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 7.3 97 117 112 114 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 434 Write 337 Mixed 310 SusWrite 114 67% 299 MB/s	4K Read 8.3 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 15 52% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 74.7 DQ Mixed 41.2 45% 77.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 76.B135G.D570B 017A 76.B135G.D570B 04CB 017A 76.B135G.D570B 16GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 24.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 17.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 83%

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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-D3H-CF Builds (Compare 2,473 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $85

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	496x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	488x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	431x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	295x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	248x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	46x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	35x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $340

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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