Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150119
Uptime22.8 Days
Run DateFeb 05 '17 at 00:49
Run Duration176 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 12%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84% Excellent
Memory 87.7
1-Core 120
2-Core 235
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 644
67% 538 Pts
64-Core 648
40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 142
Parallax 128
105% 133 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 137
Splatting 107
96% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160
50GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
70.8% Very good
Read 474
Write 246
Mixed 264
72% 328 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 46.5
4K Mixed 21.5
95% 32 MB/s
DQ Read 221
DQ Write 158
DQ Mixed 40.4
70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
891GB free
Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
95.5% Outstanding
Read 176
Write 158
Mixed 149
121% 161 MB/s
4K Read 0.79
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.18
82% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 95.5%
Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497
178GB free
Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
43.2% Average
Read 93
Write 57.5
Mixed 85.5
60% 78.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.24
4K Mixed 0.27
67% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 43.2%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.8% Above average
MC Read 19.9
MC Write 20.9
MC Mixed 17.4
55% 19.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.9
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 15.6
41% 14.3 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 63%

 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%
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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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