Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	96% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

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	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:51
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 406 55% 410 Pts	64-Core 407 25% 407 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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: 1623 MHz, MLim: 1817 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 103 Parallax 83.7 80% 94.8 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 105 Splatting 100 84% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 313 346 309 323 277 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 428 Mixed 422 SusWrite 328 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 41.2 134% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 326 247% 333 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 98%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 47GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 420 316 308 296 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 462 Mixed 340 SusWrite 341 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 47.2 165% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 390 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 253 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 509GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 153 163 163 163 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 37 SusWrite 160 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 133 134 134 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 131 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 134 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% 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	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 22 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.7% 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%

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	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16