Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics4.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170706
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateApr 08 '21 at 21:38
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7400-$110
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 84.4
2-Core 216
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 426
57% 424 Pts
64-Core 394
24% 394 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 25.20.100.6446
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
4.5% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 5.5
Parallax 6.9
5% 6.23 fps
MRender 7.2
Gravity 6.1
Splatting 0.3
3% 4.53 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.5%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB
104GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF4500RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 5.5 43 92 3.6 82 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
38.7% Below average
Read 412
Write 336
Mixed 282
SusWrite 65.5
61% 274 MB/s
4K Read 9.1
4K Write 20.3
4K Mixed 14.7
43% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 114
DQ Write 86.7
DQ Mixed 43.7
48% 81.4 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
158GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 104 107 106 108 102 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 106
Write 42.3
Mixed 74.2
SusWrite 106
61% 82.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
44.5% Average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 15.7
MC Mixed 12
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 15.3
SC Mixed 13.4
40% 13.9 GB/s
Latency 62.8
64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 44.5%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF Builds (Compare 873 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 40%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $284
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