Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	264% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	Gigabyte B250M-DS3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161124
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '17 at 16:57
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 702 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Nvidia(10DE 11C2) 3GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 58.6 56% 65.6 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 65.2 55% 67.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,664 Write 1,170 Mixed 1,320 376% 1,718 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 44 213% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 613 DQ Write 390 DQ Mixed 210 235% 404 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 121768872 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 50 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 264142 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 74 403832855 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1030 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 55834574871 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -78430397792226 (F1) Unknown 100 253 348580890 (F2) Unknown 100 253 298512634	111% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 183 Mixed 182 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 290GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 161 4858 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3985 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3985 (C2) HDA temperature 120 86 27 (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	40.6% Average	Read 72.1 Write 68.8 Mixed 72.2 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 60%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 16GB-$22 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 12GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 57.8 Write 23 Mixed 24.1 38% 35 MB/s	4K Read 7.07 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.08 43% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FAD1 2x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 21.7 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 74%

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Workstation 21%

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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 $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