Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive213% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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)
Memory18.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateAug 09 '22 at 07:51
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 230
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 443
8-Core 430
59% 437 Pts
64-Core 420
26% 420 Pts
Poor: 59%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301
Gigabyte(1458 2336) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.30.23.04
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 110
Reflection 133
Parallax 218
90% 153 fps
MRender 205
Gravity 108
Splatting 144
123% 152 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94
324GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1472 1173 272 243 183 269 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
213% Outstanding
Read 1436
Write 1,658
Mixed 1,545
SusWrite 602
295% 1,310 MB/s
4K Read 54.3
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 74.5
246% 85.9 MB/s
DQ Read 1,134
DQ Write 764
DQ Mixed 888
679% 928 MB/s
Poor: 149%
This bench: 213%
Great: 365%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
541GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 172 175 182 178 178 MB/s
Performing below expectations (31st percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 80.4
Write 75.7
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 173
65% 90.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 2.1
384% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 111%
Seagate Expansion 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0707
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
22.4% Poor
Read 36.1
Write 40.2
Mixed 35
SusWrite 40.7
28% 38 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.6
169% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 859B CT8G4DFD824A.C16FHP 029E CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 24GB
2133, 2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 19
58% 20.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 18
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 58%
Great: 73%

 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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