Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	35.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170221
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:14
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (57^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 315 47% 344 Pts	64-Core 343 21% 343 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.4 38% 42.8 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.1 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 145996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 826 (64) Unknown 100 100 4088352 (65) Unknown 100 100 1200032 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 92 92 2456 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 645 (B7) Unknown 95 95 57 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 163209936928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 145996 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 145996 (E7) Temperature 94 94 6 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7415 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3044 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5896 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10112 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 145996	54.7% Above average	Read 457 Write 159 Mixed 180 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 10.1 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 25.9 64% 138 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 82%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 64GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 119 119 25790710078 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3838 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3896 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 236224249891 (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 1	63.5% Good	Read 110 Write 112 Mixed 116 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 80% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBR2 1x8GB 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 8.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 43%

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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	560x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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