Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive42.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte B250M-DS3H
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H  (all builds)
Memory18.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170424
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateMar 31 '21 at 23:02
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 48%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 75.9
1-Core 106
2-Core 201
72% 128 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 627
60% 496 Pts
64-Core 608
38% 608 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 180
Parallax 195
141% 182 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 180
Splatting 119
115% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 480GB
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UG5000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 2.8 71 102 76 4.8 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
42.9% Average
Read 413
Write 296
Mixed 159
SusWrite 81.8
52% 238 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 30.3
4K Mixed 15.3
63% 21.2 MB/s
DQ Read 97.7
DQ Write 6.6
DQ Mixed 25
25% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 42.9%
Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
528GB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 189 189 187 184 186 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Read 182
Write 177
Mixed 74
SusWrite 187
113% 155 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.8
156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 106%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4DFS824A.C8FHD1 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.1% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 22.2
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 19.2
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 88.6
45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 106%

 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 4,621 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 - $190

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 98% - Outstanding Total price: $413
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