Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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 Drive	81% 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	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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '18 at 14:43
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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-$92 234,266 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 (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 390 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1815 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 96 Reflection 103 Parallax 89.3 78% 96 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 97.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 256 271 244 89 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 417 Write 354 Mixed 331 SusWrite 236 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 35.4 119% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 315 230% 298 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 102GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 389 319 305 300 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 391 Write 383 Mixed 292 SusWrite 332 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 40.2 144% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 249 212% 311 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 550GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 156 157 162 163 161 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 146 Write 120 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 157 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 138 138 140 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 138 Mixed 77 SusWrite 139 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MBP-8 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.2 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 22.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 75%

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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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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	210x
Core i5-7400Intel $92Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	192x
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	103x
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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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16