Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	22.3 Days
Run Date	May 08 '21 at 14:28
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i5-7500-$89 149,467 User benchmarks, average bench 67% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 81% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 432 60% 443 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C303) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 109 89% 112 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 113 Splatting 105 84% 101 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 125 130 75 4.8 83 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 486 Write 454 Mixed 231 SusWrite 112 71% 321 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 14% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% Great: 97%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 178GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 160 140 153 165 161 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 135 Write 118 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 157 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 107%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 189 197 190 194 201 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 129 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 191 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.3 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 8502 PSD44G213382 859B CT4G4DFS824A.C8FBD2 8502 PSD44G213382 16GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.9 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 22.7 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns

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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 4,610 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

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