Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 19:37
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7500-$62 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Lighting 34 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 40.3 28% 34.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 28.3 Splatting 35.3 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5685669 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -24953759986084 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 80 73019686938 (C2) HDA temperature 26 80 73019686938 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5685669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5685669 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5685669 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6722 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6044 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6044 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9252	43.6% Average	Read 470 Write 129 Mixed 207 58% 269 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 33.2 4K Mixed 8.42 50% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.3 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 7.39 19% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 73%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 174GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2191 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1857 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1770 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4030 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 138 Mixed 130 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.29 102% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x4GB-$67 46,617 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 81%

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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 - $110

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $84Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	887x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	859x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	565x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	701x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	536x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	329x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	168x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	119x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	113x

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: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $323

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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