Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.3% 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	89.1% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 21:53
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7400-$110 234,266 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 420 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.3% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 100 Parallax 81 78% 92.5 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 96.3 81% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 198GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6612 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30084104418 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 33 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 476 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 274879283231 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 274880659520 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1719 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4638 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4134 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4280 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	84.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 328 Mixed 328 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 20.6 113% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 45.5 90% 187 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 108%
Toshiba THNSNJ256G8NY 256GB 12,683 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYXA0101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 185 185 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 62 36 274879283238 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 513 Write 371 Mixed 399 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 26.8 114% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 141 137% 219 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12829 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1322 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 196 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 132 132 205527 (C2) HDA temperature 117 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.2% Excellent	Read 148 Write 139 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 692GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 555286560 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 198 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 157 Mixed 134 121% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP24D4U7S8MBP-8 859B CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	209x
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	191x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	148x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	101x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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