Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.25% 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 Drive29.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180410
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 17 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration102 Seconds
Run User SVK-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-7500-$89
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 94.3
1-Core 122
2-Core 240
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 460
62% 464 Pts
64-Core 454
28% 454 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6025
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
7.25% Terrible
Lighting 7.73
Reflection 10.9
Parallax 7.88
6% 8.84 fps
MRender 8.62
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.7
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.25%
Great: 7%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2018)-$59
87GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UE360000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
29.4% Poor
Read 461
Write 43.2
Mixed 18.9
37% 174 MB/s
4K Read 13.3
4K Write 11.1
4K Mixed 1.75
28% 8.71 MB/s
DQ Read 16.1
DQ Write 11.9
DQ Mixed 2.21
5% 10.1 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 29.4%
Great: 53%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
45% Average
MC Read 16.6
MC Write 16
MC Mixed 11.7
42% 14.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 13.2
40% 14 GB/s
Latency 59
68% 59 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B250M-DS3H-CF Builds (Compare 4,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 25%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 21%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H - $343

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $582
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