Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$95 234,266 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)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 412 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 408 25% 408 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 23 38 38 51 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 421 Write 28.7 Mixed 61 SusWrite 42 29% 138 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 15.4 52% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 71%
SSD 128GB 3,975 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1GB free Firmware: SBFM21.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 386 Write 210 Mixed 190 58% 262 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 11.8 103% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 92 96% 156 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 85%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 233GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 645 438 436 438 437 437 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,515 Write 1,059 Mixed 1,044 SusWrite 472 228% 1,023 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 70 245% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 810 DQ Mixed 805 612% 823 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 228%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 275GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 35.9 Write 34.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 99.7 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 89% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 18GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 179 179 192 194 182 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 156 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 183 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 171GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 78 80 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 94.4 Write 90 Mixed 66.4 SusWrite 78.6 61% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 75GB free Firmware: CC57 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 101 102 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 120 Write 89.1 Mixed 75.6 SusWrite 100 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 112%
WDC WD50 00BEVT-22A0RT0 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 127GB free, PID 2336 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 37 37 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	17.5% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 37.5 42% 31.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB 25,824 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.1 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

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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 - $201

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	884x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	849x
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	532x
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 $79Bench 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: $424

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16