Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 20:46
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 246 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 664 68% 548 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5500-XT-$217 72,993 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(1DA2 E423) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 55.8 Parallax 113 63% 82.1 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 76.9 Splatting 75.7 58% 69.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Optane+112G 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 17.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 141 147 148 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 32% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 182GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 98 93 97 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 137 Write 128 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 95.6 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 0443 RMUA5090KB78HAF2133 16GB 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.8% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.9 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 23.6 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns

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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 47%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	210x
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	192x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	103x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16