Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 24 '20 at 19:05
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 64.9
1-Core 119
2-Core 234
75% 139 Pts
4-Core 464
8-Core 463
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 426
26% 426 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
5.58% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 4.9
Parallax 6.7
5% 5.97 fps
MRender 6.7
Gravity 5.4
Splatting 10.4
6% 7.5 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.58%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75
538GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P2CR031 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 1148 510 78 81 164 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 1,005
Write 1,522
Mixed 1,102
SusWrite 545
236% 1,044 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 62.9
211% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 695
DQ Write 575
DQ Mixed 693
503% 654 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 167%
Great: 299%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 152 144 133 142 150 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
93.1% Outstanding
Read 180
Write 178
Mixed 71.7
SusWrite 145
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 93.1%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT16G4DFRA32A.C8FE 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 18.3
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.3
SC Write 13.5
SC Mixed 7.5
29% 10.1 GB/s
Latency 114
35% 114 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 53%
Great: 109%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $582
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HDDRAMUSB
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