Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86% 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	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 1 month ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	17.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '24 at 09:44
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 400 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.52 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 122 Parallax 107 90% 114 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 92.5 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNF128GCSS 128GB 2,061 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: FSLAN102 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 65 73 67 58 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 328 Write 108 Mixed 172 SusWrite 62 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 33.2 92% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 170 135% 198 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 90%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 226GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 386 443 459 459 438 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 468 Mixed 412 SusWrite 414 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 54 175% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 302GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 93 93 96 94 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 115 Write 81.4 Mixed 33.3 SusWrite 92.3 58% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB 13,788 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.8% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 94%

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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	69	57	144	24.5"	1280 720	AUS25A2 VG258

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Typical GA-B250M-HD3-CF Builds (Compare 494 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	123x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	91x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	88x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	74x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GBCorsairBench 71%, 16,770 samples	11x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16