Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	79.9% 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 Drive	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Run History

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 12:21
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$95 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 76 1-Core 111 2-Core 218 75% 135 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 423 48% 376 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 90.2 82% 93.3 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 89.8 Splatting 78.2 76% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 357 24 29 23 28 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Read 382 Write 405 Mixed 317 SusWrite 139 70% 311 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 36.9 145% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 166 155% 235 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 819GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 173 171 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 165 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 171 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 147% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x16GB 15,722 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.7% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 88.4 45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 115%

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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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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $174

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	882x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	845x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	561x

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: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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