Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 22:09
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th 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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 64.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 71% 130 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 608 60% 490 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 0 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 318 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (94) Unknown 100 100 0 (95) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262158 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C2) HDA temperature 70 65 150324969502 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 1 1 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 382 (F1) Unknown 100 100 304 (F2) Unknown 100 100 515 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25020	37.8% Below average	Read 306 Write 47.5 Mixed 292 47% 215 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 3.24 58% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 1.98 44% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 126595824 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3594839 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 780 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (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 71 61 487718941 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3781 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (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 24610162606392 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1025585721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131484090133	94.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 148 Mixed 155 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.18 53% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 144 144 17197564160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 399 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 376 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 399 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 399 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 176094904352 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.1% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 167 Mixed 151 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.24 111% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB 46,352 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.6 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 47%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 40%

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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	199x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	100x
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 $273	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 $186	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