Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.24% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	246% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 15:43
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 72 1-Core 115 2-Core 216 75% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 415 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 4.6 Parallax 6.6 5% 5.63 fps	MRender 5.6 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.2 6% 7.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg50pnv1t02 NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 918 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 906GB free (System drive) Firmware: AFDA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1518 1105 896 906 900 908 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 1,797 Write 1,650 Mixed 1,330 SusWrite 1,039 326% 1,454 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 61.5 202% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,069 DQ Write 1,074 DQ Mixed 986 764% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 246%
SanDisk Ultra 123GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 8GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 32 33 35 33 34 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 143 Write 34.1 Mixed 69 SusWrite 33.8 79% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 3.2 212% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GU6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB 5,791 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 11.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 96.8 41% 96.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 52%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	40"	1280 701	SKY0603 TV-monitor

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Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,620 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $190

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	882x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	845x
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	529x
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 $80Bench 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: $413

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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