Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 80.3 1-Core 64.5 2-Core 159 59% 101 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 778 71% 598 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 135 118% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SSD 250GB 2,741 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 190 187 181 174 167 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 463 Mixed 397 SusWrite 201 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 362 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 126%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 370GB free Firmware: 15.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 112 112 113 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 73 SusWrite 112 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 436GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 86 92 85 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 85.5 Write 50.8 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 87.3 78% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 53% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 4ATF51264AZ-2G3E1 1x4GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.2 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 8.5 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 80 50% 80 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 42%

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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 4,634 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $201

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	849x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	562x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	532x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	327x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	167x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16