Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming5-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% 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	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming5
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming5-CF (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 707 74% 592 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 43.5 Parallax 38.8 36% 42.1 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 35.2 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend TS128GSSD230S 128GB 2,263 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 54 43 42 46 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 456 Write 88.5 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 49.6 35% 163 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 15.4 4K Mixed 18.8 78% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 54.8 69% 120 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 425GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 149 149 149 150 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 118 Write 111 Mixed 73.3 SusWrite 149 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 109%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.3% 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-Gaming5-CF Builds (Compare 137 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 48%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming5-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	34x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	27x
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	15x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	12x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	10x

SSD
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	6x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 73%, 66,222 samples	7x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	5x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $353

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 $46

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