Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.3% 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 Drive	The 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.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 20:36
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 470 63% 472 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 8C97) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 35 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 31.4 28% 30.7 fps	MRender 36.1 Gravity 33.4 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 155GB free Firmware: MS2OA8R0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4691 Write 44 Mixed 85.2 1,151% 1,607 MB/s	4K Read 662 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.9 27,808% 222 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA7C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 132 119 121 141 121 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 157 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 124 86% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 103%
WD easystore 25FB 8TB 7,734 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 162 157 158 160 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 100 SusWrite 159 190% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$36 163,634 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.3% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.3 66% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 103%

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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 4,622 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $199

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	882x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	846x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	562x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
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	167x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $423

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $40	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