Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% 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	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '19 at 22:00
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 175 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 379 55% 401 Pts	64-Core 374 23% 374 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.7 80% 98.8 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 74.9 71% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 45 62 60 22 68 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 461 Write 338 Mixed 101 SusWrite 78.9 54% 245 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 34.5 125% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 89.1 DQ Mixed 109 99% 156 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 83GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 176 173 177 177 178 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 122 Write 132 Mixed 72 SusWrite 175 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 113%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 21 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 19.8 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 18.7 31% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.8 142% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 35%
Sony Storage Media 2GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.42% Terrible	Read 8.7 Write 2.5 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 3.4 5% 4.28 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.42% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB-$25 47,473 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.3% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 11.2 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.3% 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 4,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	880x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	844x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	694x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	529x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	326x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	166x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	89x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

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) $30	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