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 above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	97.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '20 at 21:59
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 208 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 618 62% 505 Pts	64-Core 608 38% 608 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0510E SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 232 81 84 84 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 428 Mixed 402 SusWrite 156 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 51.1 175% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 248 205% 293 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 240GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 897 419 420 422 420 418 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,504 Write 1,519 Mixed 1,220 SusWrite 500 266% 1,185 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 72.9 254% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,143 DQ Write 973 DQ Mixed 999 765% 1,038 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 237%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 228GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 124 125 124 123 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 184 Write 130 Mixed 101 SusWrite 124 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C16 Series 04CD F4-3000C16-8GISB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 71%

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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-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,643 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $89Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	850x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	564x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	698x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	533x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	328x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	167x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	118x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	112x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	90x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	84x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	69x

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Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $328

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16