Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.6% 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	103% 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

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System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '21 at 20:20
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 606 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$279 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% EVGA(3842 3656) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.6% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 139 Parallax 114 101% 125 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 84.8 83% 104 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 309 290 273 260 249 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 336 Mixed 291 SusWrite 284 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 42.4 166% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 246 212% 315 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 313GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 124 124 123 126 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 167 Write 120 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 124 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK8GX4M1A2400C16 Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G Kingston KHX2133C14D4/4G 16GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 21.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 73%

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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 4,618 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $174

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	882x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	845x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	561x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	697x
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	167x
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 $31Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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