Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 16:46
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$110 234,266 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 (98^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 195 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 322 51% 366 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Lighting 73.3 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 61.1 60% 68.4 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 66.8 54% 66.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$25 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 223GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 9991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1520 (A5) Unknown 100 100 317842718937 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 215 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 35 279172874279 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 309242363976 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1203 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2028 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1272 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3025 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.4% Very good	Read 480 Write 425 Mixed 460 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 73.5 4K Mixed 4.85 72% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 4.38 62% 143 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 86%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21679 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2696 (B1) Unknown 88 88 242 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 168 (F1) Unknown 99 99 59944903005	82.9% Excellent	Read 493 Write 396 Mixed 416 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 23 123% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 22.4 28% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 416GB free Firmware: MS2OA600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 43386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3195 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8623 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8623 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684511266 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	77.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 141 Mixed 144 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 10.5 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 77.9 51% 77.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 48%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	880x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	844x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	559x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	694x
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	166x
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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Total price: $582

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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