Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics114% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85-HD3  (all builds)
Memory7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140704
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJul 25 '17 at 06:52
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 15%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4440-$128
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.9% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 95
2-Core 188
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 363
49% 365 Pts
64-Core 360
22% 360 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
114% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 158
Parallax 150
125% 154 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 146
Splatting 115
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 114%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
374GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
71.3% Very good
Read 118
Write 131
Mixed 132
96% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 1.67
4K Mixed 0.16
67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown RMB4GB684CA3-16IC Kingston 99U5474-028.A00LF 0737 RMB4GB684CA3-16IC 12GB
1333, 1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
40.2% Average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 14.1
MC Mixed 12.3
38% 13.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.1
SC Write 13.7
SC Mixed 12.8
36% 12.5 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 40.2%
Great: 43%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,239 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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