Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 24%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics35.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Run History
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171030
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 01:50
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
85.8% Excellent
Memory 91.6
1-Core 119
2-Core 236
84% 149 Pts
4-Core 463
8-Core 462
62% 463 Pts
64-Core 460
28% 460 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 85.8%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 380-$200
CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.12.3
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
35.1% Below average
Lighting 44.2
Reflection 48
Parallax 52.2
36% 48.2 fps
MRender 48.2
Gravity 40.9
Splatting 35.5
33% 41.5 fps
Poor: 31%
This bench: 35.1%
Great: 35%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
825GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 117 143 145 147 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Read 155
Write 157
Mixed 76.3
SusWrite 133
95% 130 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.7
130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX2400C15D4/8G KHX2400C15/8G 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.6% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 16.3
MC Mixed 14
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.8
SC Write 16.5
SC Mixed 15.3
42% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 64.8
62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 46.6%
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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