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 above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (15%). 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '19 at 02:16
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$95 234,266 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)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 424 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 58.5 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 57.5 48% 61.2 fps	Gravity 64.3 Splatting 66.6 58% 65.4 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 308 309 303 285 267 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 453 Mixed 375 SusWrite 302 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.8 189% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 112 113 113 112 114 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 107 Write 110 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 113 75% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 21.7 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 21.8 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 104%

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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%

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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	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
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	101x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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