Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.5% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-7100-$70 79,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 92.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 228 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 346 46% 347 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 1020) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.16% Terrible	Lighting 2.23 Reflection 4.42 Parallax 0.78 2% 2.48 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 3.61 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.16% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso Sata III 253GB 1,829 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1026A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 86 (A3) Unknown 100 100 11 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2558 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1640 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10036 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9817 (F5) Unknown 100 100 20464	96.5% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 420 Mixed 439 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 35.4 131% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 69.6 108% 203 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 400GB (2008) 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 317GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11312 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6059 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1997 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11312 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.6% Average	Read 75.7 Write 75.9 Mixed 79.6 58% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.4 113% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 45%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 156GB free Firmware: 3.AAA Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 83 85280458 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6673 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 483837711 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6349 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 43 622592037 (C2) HDA temperature 37 57 81604378661 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 81 59 219339308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 84.2 Write 85.5 Mixed 76.4 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR4 2400 C15 2x4GB 2,734 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 12.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 14.3 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 90%

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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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Value: 95% - Outstanding

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