Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 16 '18 at 00:29
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 73%
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 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 76
1-Core 111
2-Core 219
75% 135 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 275
49% 340 Pts
64-Core 285
18% 285 Pts
Poor: 57%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 85%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.5% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 92.4
Parallax 81.8
82% 91.5 fps
MRender 71.6
Gravity 85.4
Splatting 76.4
64% 77.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65
353GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M0CR031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 196 253 262 205 261 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
67.4% Good
Read 322
Write 341
Mixed 203
SusWrite 238
62% 276 MB/s
4K Read 16.5
4K Write 59.1
4K Mixed 26.1
90% 33.9 MB/s
DQ Read 314
DQ Write 232
DQ Mixed 174
157% 240 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
843GB free
Firmware: MS2OA7L0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 159 153 161 163 172 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 119
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 162
84% 117 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.4
79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.6% Above average
MC Read 19
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 18
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 10.3
SC Write 12.6
SC Mixed 12
33% 11.6 GB/s
Latency 88.4
45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 52.6%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $582
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HDDRAMUSB
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