Gigabyte GA-B250-HD3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	118% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '20 at 04:39
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 237 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 731 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 310 309 309 310 307 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 443 Mixed 374 SusWrite 321 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 58.6 206% 74.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 34GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 400 314 342 313 264 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 440 Mixed 409 SusWrite 295 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60.8 205% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 129%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 187GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 127 128 129 128 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 153 Write 115 Mixed 95 SusWrite 128 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 029E CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 029E CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 912 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 22.6 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.9 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 102%

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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-B250-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	96x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	84x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	16x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	15x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	13x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	12x
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	11x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $315

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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