Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	90.2% 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	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.

High background CPU (28%). 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.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 09:51
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600-$89 39,689 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 129 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 504 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 69 54 54 54 54 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 411 Mixed 380 SusWrite 91.1 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 48.4 167% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 251 210% 302 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 91%
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 270GB free Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 131 96 89 102 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 411 Mixed 354 SusWrite 154 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 54.4 184% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 262 219% 316 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 165GB-$46 4,039 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 108GB free Firmware: P22OA50U SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 63.5 Mixed 38.1 SusWrite 63.6 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 39%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 356GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 120 118 120 121 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 63.9 SusWrite 120 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.B1GQ6.AZC0B 04CB 017A 78.B1GQ6.AZC0B 12GB 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.3% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 20.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns

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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	210x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16