Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics76.7% 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 Drive200% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 20 '20 at 01:14
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
91.6% Outstanding
Memory 92.1
1-Core 130
2-Core 244
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 706
75% 598 Pts
64-Core 703
44% 703 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
MSI(1462 3252) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
76.7% Very good
Lighting 98.9
Reflection 98.5
Parallax 101
81% 99.3 fps
MRender 86.8
Gravity 88.5
Splatting 80.1
69% 85.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M8 512GB
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 861 545 511 487 433 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 1,382
Write 1,311
Mixed 703
SusWrite 572
222% 992 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 63.1
222% 81.4 MB/s
DQ Read 968
DQ Write 885
DQ Mixed 842
655% 898 MB/s
Poor: 67%
This bench: 200%
Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77
177GB free
Firmware: JF4OA0D0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 89 89 90 89 88 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 81
Write 86.3
Mixed 47.2
SusWrite 88.3
56% 75.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.1% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 20
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 23.1
63% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 64
62% 64 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,616 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $414
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