Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 39.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	45.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '18 at 01:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 1.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	39.4% Below average	Memory 57.7 1-Core 34.1 2-Core 63.3 34% 51.7 Pts	4-Core 120 8-Core 144 17% 132 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Device(1B0A 90F0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.1% Average	Lighting 54.9 Reflection 59.1 Parallax 54.8 45% 56.3 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 55.2 Splatting 48.5 46% 57.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 317 309 303 296 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 474 Write 443 Mixed 336 SusWrite 308 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 27.7 92% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 179 136% 182 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 62GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 156 154 154 148 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 380 Write 178 Mixed 241 SusWrite 154 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 27.1 87% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 150 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 202 203 208 206 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 156 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 205 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 8,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 135 30% 135 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 79%

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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 4,619 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	562x

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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $397

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