Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 55.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '18 at 15:48
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4170-$59 48,178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.6% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 92.1 2-Core 124 62% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 157 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 126 8% 126 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.3 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 43.5 29% 36.9 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 39.4 29% 34.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 29%
Intel HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz) 64,721 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	1.96% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 3 Parallax 2.28 2% 2.45 fps	MRender 3.67 Gravity 1.27 Splatting 3.91 2% 2.95 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.96% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 787GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 113 151 141 136 150 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 160 Write 123 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 130 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 109%
Samsung HD080HJ/P 80GB-$25 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 26GB free Firmware: ZH100-34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 37 40 40 45 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 32.2 Write 30.1 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 40.4 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown OCZ3OB1600LV2G 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 1317 OCZ3OB1600LV2G 0215 CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.1% Average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.3 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 13.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	229x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	115x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	68x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 3,143 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $247

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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