Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

High background CPU (21%). 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-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '18 at 10:47
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 478 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.6 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 66.7 64% 73.9 fps	MRender 70.1 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 72.8 59% 71.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 5 16 23 19 23 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	6.85% Terrible	Read 5 Write 18.8 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 18.5 10% 12.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0 28% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 6.85% Great: 70%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 389GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 67 67 66 68 67 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 66.8 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 750GB-$125 23,438 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 555GB free Firmware: JA2OA710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 70 71 70 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 51.3 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 69.8 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 57%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2009)-$50 31,419 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 365GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 69 69 64 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 67.8 Write 69.7 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 66.8 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 100% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 26.1 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 22.2 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 91%

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Total price: $284

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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16