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 as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	63.9% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 18:42
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 682 72% 575 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 13 52 53 52 0.8 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 339 Write 121 Mixed 257 SusWrite 62.6 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 23.4 121% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 137 134% 207 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 13GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 53 52 51 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 37 Write 41.5 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 52.4 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 8GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 120 115 104 89 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 104 Write 87.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 112 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 65GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 162 165 164 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 136 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 163 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 14GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 99 99 100 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 95.2 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 98.6 66% 89 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 113%

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 as expected (49^th percentile)	40% Average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 10.5 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 11.7 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% 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	210x
Core i5-7400Intel $91Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	192x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	150x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	103x
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	40x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16