Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.7% 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	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-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G4600-$27 16,729 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 204 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 320 43% 320 Pts	64-Core 319 20% 319 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6167) 3GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.5 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 61.6 62% 69.9 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 72.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 120GB 15,567 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 369 361 397 404 398 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 398 Mixed 310 SusWrite 351 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 31.5 142% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 196 184% 284 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 74GB free Firmware: SBFK71B1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 54 52 52 52 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 449 Write 377 Mixed 309 SusWrite 79.4 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 93 4K Mixed 26.7 117% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 167 158% 242 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 374GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 158 159 158 157 156 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 152 Write 157 Mixed 77.9 SusWrite 156 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%
Patriot Memory 32GB 259 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5400 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 7.4 8 8.1 7.2 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 109 Write 22.1 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 7.5 32% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 39% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 1x8GB 5,712 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,681 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	890x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	861x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	567x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	706x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	537x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	331x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	169x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	90x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	69x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $309

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16