Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive68.8% 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85-HD3  (all builds)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140704
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 27 '17 at 13:10
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4570-$99
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 107
2-Core 210
79% 136 Pts
4-Core 404
8-Core 401
54% 403 Pts
64-Core 395
24% 395 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
3.83% Terrible
Lighting 3.9
Reflection 6.62
Parallax 6.88
3% 5.8 fps
MRender 7.86
Gravity 2.33
Splatting 7.91
5% 6.03 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.83%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
128GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 498
Write 237
Mixed 247
72% 327 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 11.5
101% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 19.2
DQ Write 235
DQ Mixed 11.2
43% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
576GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Read 152
Write 153
Mixed 140
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.34
4K Write 2.43
4K Mixed 0.26
130% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39
330GB free
Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
38.7% Below average
Read 71.7
Write 62.8
Mixed 64.8
50% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.76
4K Mixed 0.35
102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 38.7%
Great: 74%
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 (11th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
35.2% Below average
MC Read 11.6
MC Write 11.8
MC Mixed 9.9
32% 11.1 GB/s
SC Read 11.6
SC Write 11.7
SC Mixed 11.4
33% 11.6 GB/s
Latency 63.9
63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 35.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,252 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-B85-HD3 - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $337
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