Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A  (all builds)
Memory14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20150119
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 02 '17 at 02:12
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Memory 76.2
1-Core 112
2-Core 235
77% 141 Pts
4-Core 455
8-Core 603
67% 529 Pts
64-Core 604
37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 147
Reflection 157
Parallax 146
120% 150 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 141
Splatting 113
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33
701GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
84% Excellent
Read 150
Write 143
Mixed 147
110% 147 MB/s
4K Read 0.81
4K Write 1.66
4K Mixed 0.17
84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 84%
Great: 112%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46% Average
MC Read 17
MC Write 14.7
MC Mixed 18.4
48% 16.7 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 12.1
30% 10.5 GB/s
Latency 88
46% 88 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 46%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85M-DS3H-A Builds (Compare 1,214 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $247
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