Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	52.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '20 at 13:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 75 1-Core 108 2-Core 210 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 416 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72% 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: 2340 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.27 Reflection 86.7 Parallax 78.8 0% 55.3 fps	Splatting 73.9 76% 73.9 fps
Poor: 70% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.1 33 359 436 457 414 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 432 Write 383 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 285 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 8.4 58% 16 MB/s	DQ Read 41.8 DQ Write 13.7 DQ Mixed 16.8 15% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 819GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 168 173 170 171 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 162 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 170 93% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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	34.9% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.4 33% 11.7 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 10.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 115%

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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 4,618 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

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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