Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	99.1% 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	99.5% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '20 at 22:58
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 81 1-Core 118 2-Core 194 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 450 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 138 Parallax 130 103% 132 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 101 90% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 130 131 108 116 117 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 460 Mixed 364 SusWrite 150 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.8 175% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 336GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1267 1236 818 831 830 830 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,332 Write 2,034 Mixed 1,715 SusWrite 969 394% 1,762 MB/s	4K Read 65.8 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 93.9 314% 112 MB/s	DQ Read 1385 DQ Write 1,177 DQ Mixed 1,156 900% 1,239 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 355%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 38 Mixed 30.8 SusWrite 36.8 49% 36 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1 211% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 63%
Verbatim STORE N GO 64GB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 31GB free, PID 0252 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 192 Write 113 Mixed 76.7 144% 127 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2 124% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD2 2x8GB 16,539 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	66.8% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 21 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 91%

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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 - $343

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	880x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	844x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	694x
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	166x
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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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