Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.2% 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	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte B250M-D3H
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180410
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 09:57
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (40^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 243 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 647 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3792) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 127 Parallax 120 95% 121 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 113 Splatting 96.7 82% 100 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 37 3.6 12 76 52 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 366 Write 197 Mixed 261 SusWrite 60.8 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 20.8 109% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 19.3 73% 158 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 85%
Kingdian S180 60GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 26GB free Firmware: P0707F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 33 35 35 33 35 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 323 Write 41.3 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 37.9 25% 116 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 10.8 59% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 71.8 DQ Write 43.4 DQ Mixed 16.6 23% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 196GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 69 69 67 67 67 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 126 Write 121 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 68.4 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 177GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 112 113 117 114 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 31.7 Write 90 Mixed 26.2 SusWrite 115 48% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 112%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 136 136 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 134 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 136 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.1% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 23.7 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 17.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 98%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 74%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B250M-D3H - $85

CPU
Core i5-7400Intel $110Bench 64%, 234,266 samples	496x
Core i5-7500Intel $89Bench 67%, 149,467 samples	488x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	431x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	319x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	295x
HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake)IntelBench 5%, 153,031 samples	248x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	86x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	76x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	46x

RAM
HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GBKingstonBench 76%, 122,822 samples	65x
HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GBKingstonBench 68%, 49,673 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GBCorsairBench 75%, 46,470 samples	35x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $340

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 $46

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