Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	272% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 96 1-Core 121 2-Core 189 81% 135 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 335 44% 331 Pts	64-Core 332 21% 332 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.38 4% 4.44 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1933 971 804 804 803 805 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,017 Write 1,800 Mixed 1,546 SusWrite 1,020 358% 1,596 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 85.6 280% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 874 DQ Mixed 951 711% 946 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 355%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 15GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 38 37 34 35 37 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 444 Write 244 Mixed 171 SusWrite 45 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 21.9 121% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 57.4 95% 190 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 85%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 72 Write 70.1 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 96.8 52% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD 2x4GB 15,450 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.1% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 14 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 90%

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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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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) $35	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