Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	105% 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 Drive	90.8% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '23 at 19:58
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 69.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 198 69% 123 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 331 42% 320 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 537.34 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 117 Parallax 148 104% 131 fps	MRender 193 Gravity 118 Splatting 110 111% 140 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$59 34,063 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 104 111 114 107 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 1,026 Write 257 Mixed 308 SusWrite 118 93% 427 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 73.3 4K Mixed 29.4 104% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 137 127% 200 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 271%
Hs-ssd-wave(s) 1024G 1TB 79 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 147GB free Firmware: 030fAA20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 335 358 384 383 380 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 354 Write 388 Mixed 326 SusWrite 345 80% 353 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 62.9 4K Mixed 28.8 101% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 200 155% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 500GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 746 1172 1414 1516 1422 1396 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,779 Write 1,623 Mixed 1,310 SusWrite 1,278 336% 1,497 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 61 194% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 884 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 834 610% 800 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 410%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 191GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 110 114 120 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 61.7 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 117 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 79GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 97 92 96 102 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 140 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 105 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.7 216% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD2 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 16GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 24.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 18.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	57	60	27"	1280 720	SKG3202 RW-W3202S

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $85

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	498x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	488x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	433x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	298x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	248x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	46x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	36x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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