Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.3% 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	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.

System	Gigabyte B250M-HD3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '21 at 02:25
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$95 234,266 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 (94^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 73% 133 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 412 56% 418 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 877E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 90.9 Parallax 85.3 76% 89.6 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 80.4 Splatting 72.2 71% 89.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 738GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1329 1610 1659 1674 1466 1416 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 1,344 Mixed 1,046 SusWrite 1,526 284% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 71.2 233% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 755 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 654 489% 654 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 365%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 130 121 105 119 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 413 Mixed 381 SusWrite 155 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 52.2 176% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 238GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 76 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 74%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 386GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 128 130 130 129 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 41.5 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 125 68% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%
Imation Nano Pro 8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 063d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 5.8 10 10 10 7.7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.59% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 7.8 Mixed 12.1 SusWrite 8.1 15% 12.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.1 86% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.59% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD8213.C16FBR 1x16GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.8 SC Mixed 14.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 97.9 41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 42%

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

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-HD3-CF

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $95Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	123x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	91x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	88x

GPU
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	74x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	68x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	41x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	16x
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	12x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	10x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	16x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	11x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x4GBCorsairBench 71%, 16,770 samples	11x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $195

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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