Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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.
Graphics	120% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 241 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 703 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 187 Parallax 180 130% 176 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 174 Splatting 124 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 112GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1340 495 577 536 478 518 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,414 Write 1,580 Mixed 1,340 SusWrite 657 332% 1,498 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 76.3 275% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,547 DQ Write 1,344 DQ Mixed 1,373 1,049% 1,421 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 425%
Amd-raid WDC WDS250G1B0A- 250GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 43 47 44 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 10% Great: 204%
Sony QD-G240F 218GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 174GB free, PID 0c55 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 31 31 31 30 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.4% Below average	Read 33.2 Write 30.3 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 30.5 43% 31.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 7.3 521% 7.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 115%
WD My Passport 25EA 4TB 1,124 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 78GB free, PID 25ea Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 80 82 79 83 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 86.9 Write 71.1 Mixed 58.1 SusWrite 81.2 99% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2E3200C16 1x31GB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1 of 4 slots used 31GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 8.7 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $85

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $85Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	500x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	491x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	301x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	249x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	46x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	37x

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Value: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $315

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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