Gigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics19.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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-B85M-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140905
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 12 '17 at 00:42
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 99.5
2-Core 192
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 376
50% 375 Pts
64-Core 374
23% 374 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B
PowerColor(148C 2385) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1176 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
19.4% Very poor
Lighting 21.5
Reflection 30
Parallax 27.4
18% 26.3 fps
MRender 29.7
Gravity 21.4
Splatting 32.5
23% 27.9 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 19.4%
Great: 22%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile)
37.8% Below average
Read 430
Write 107
Mixed 139
49% 225 MB/s
4K Read 17.5
4K Write 13
4K Mixed 8.94
45% 13.1 MB/s
DQ Read 20.8
DQ Write 15
DQ Mixed 7.27
8% 14.4 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 37.8%
Great: 75%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60
2TB free
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
59.7% Above average
Read 134
Write 73.6
Mixed 112
81% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.44
4K Write 2.04
4K Mixed 0.18
76% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Team Dark-1600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
51% Above average
MC Read 18
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.4
51% 17.8 GB/s
SC Read 11.7
SC Write 15.4
SC Mixed 16.5
42% 14.5 GB/s
Latency 73.7
54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 27%
This bench: 51%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85M-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $354
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