Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 37%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170221
Uptime3.1 Days
Run DateApr 05 '18 at 05:15
Run Duration82 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 78
1-Core 101
2-Core 205
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 394
53% 394 Pts
64-Core 392
24% 392 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
61.6% Good
Lighting 77.4
Reflection 78.6
Parallax 67.4
63% 74.5 fps
MRender 70.4
Gravity 70.7
Splatting 73.4
59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.6%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
360GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
86% Excellent
Read 158
Write 142
Mixed 145
112% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.97
4K Mixed 0.19
77% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 86%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLS8G4D26BFSE.16FBR2 859B BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.5% Very good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 24.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 26.4
SC Mixed 21
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 84.3
47% 84.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 79%

 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 4,646 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 - $110

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $328
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