Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


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 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	67.6% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '16 at 08:58
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 87.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 603 63% 507 Pts	64-Core 610 38% 610 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 109 Parallax 106 83% 106 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 93.5 Splatting 89.4 75% 91.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1206 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19323 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 277411 (A5) Unknown 100 100 322 (A6) Unknown 100 100 221 (A7) Unknown 100 100 273 (F1) Unknown 100 100 545962 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291685 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 762 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 545962 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0	67.6% Good	Read 513 Write 147 Mixed 229 64% 296 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 20.1 120% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 20 28% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 84%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 297GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1679 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1520 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81% Excellent	Read 138 Write 144 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.29 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 122% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 108%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1.5TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 102 Write 106 Mixed 120 143% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 52%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 1,760 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 58GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 19.7 Write 15.9 Mixed 16.7 22% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.47 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 1.59 163% 3.22 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 14.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 15.3 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 63%

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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	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	137x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16