Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '21 at 00:45
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700-$180 282,363 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 79 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 628 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 370E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 146 Parallax 134 108% 137 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 123 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,265 Write 1,474 Mixed 1,238 366% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 77.7 255% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 816 DQ Mixed 971 706% 918 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 9GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 426 Mixed 366 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 39.6 145% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 286 208% 269 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 95%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$84 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 477GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 431 453 457 460 460 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 460 Mixed 445 SusWrite 423 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.5 192% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 289 233% 329 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 127%
Toshiba MK3252GSX 320GB-$70 3,538 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 52GB free Firmware: LV010M SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 55 54 54 55 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 28.7 Write 26.7 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 53.9 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 34%
Toshiba MK6465GSX 640GB 4,539 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 0GB free Firmware: GJ002M Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 34 Write 39.8 Mixed 22 24% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 3200 2x16GB 1,719 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 18.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 18.3 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 82.5 48% 82.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 105%

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

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Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,617 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	561x

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 $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	68x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $414

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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