Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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.

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System	Gigabyte B250M-Gaming 3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 13:28
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 63.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 230 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 672 71% 567 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 6520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.6% Excellent	Lighting 118 Reflection 117 Parallax 137 96% 124 fps	MRender 40.5 Gravity 110 Splatting 100 71% 83.4 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX6000 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 8,185 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 844GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9002s09 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 921 976 972 905 887 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,844 Write 944 Mixed 856 SusWrite 910 253% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.6 177% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 729 DQ Mixed 471 376% 510 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 297%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 117GB free Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 438 455 458 435 428 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 388 Write 174 Mixed 334 SusWrite 436 75% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 30.4 133% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 170 159% 242 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 102%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 887GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 185 187 185 189 188 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 178 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 186 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 734GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 92 96 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 100 Mixed 52.8 SusWrite 95.8 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 200 199 196 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 89.6 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 197 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14/8G 9905678-065.A00G 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.5% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 91%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-Gaming 3-CF

CPU
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	210x
Core i5-7400Intel $70Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	192x
Core i5-7500Intel $62Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	151x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	104x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	77x

SSD
Force LE200 SSD 240GBCorsairBench 68%, 4,783 samples	44x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	40x
Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GBCorsairBench 162%, 26,501 samples	28x

RAM
DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 21,822 samples	52x
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	50x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 76%, 105,447 samples	43x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16