Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.5% 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	225% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 07:27
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 377 53% 392 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% PowerColor(148C 2356) 2GB CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 27.8 Reflection 31.7 Parallax 34 23% 31.2 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 37.7 25% 29.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 523 293 295 297 296 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2,058 Write 1,198 Mixed 630 SusWrite 333 232% 1,055 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 62.6 241% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,245 DQ Write 953 DQ Mixed 781 670% 993 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 236%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 557GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 97 96 95 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 98 Write 100 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 95.7 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 3x4GB 637 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.1% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 87%

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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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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	148x

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	39x
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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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

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