Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (25%). 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 402 51% 388 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 445 304 238 205 208 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 411 Write 445 Mixed 361 SusWrite 299 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.5 147% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 330 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 569GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 168 168 168 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 151 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 168 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 235% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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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 7%

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Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 - $152

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	238x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	143x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	136x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	203x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	95x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	62x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $389

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