Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 143 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 770 80% 640 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3739) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 78.8 Parallax 66.1 66% 75.2 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 69 Splatting 70.5 57% 69.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 18 (AA) Unknown 100 100 21 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 70 69 133145427998 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 55 (F1) Unknown 100 100 56 (F2) Unknown 100 100 47 (F4) Unknown 100 100 0 (F5) Unknown 100 100 2 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3276	63.8% Good	Read 443 Write 262 Mixed 292 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 3.84 78% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 7.06 59% 134 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 902GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 66 121545800 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 108929 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 67 522125343 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 31 17 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 9 121545800 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46862388166652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 109017782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12528018	101% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 153 Mixed 148 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.33 106% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 46GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 36.6 Mixed 11.4 34% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.12 24% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x8GB 13,006 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43.3% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 11.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 12.8 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 47%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	880x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	844x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	694x
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	166x
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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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