Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (4th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 96 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	38.1% 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 Drive	25.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170623
Uptime	9.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 42.5 52% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 85.4 8-Core 170 15% 128 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.1% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 48.3 Parallax 43.7 39% 46.8 fps	MRender 49.4 Gravity 44.6 Splatting 38.8 36% 44.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 109 105 108 109 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 104 Write 119 Mixed 104 SusWrite 107 24% 108 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 16.9 4K Mixed 7.5 26% 9.87 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 129 103% 142 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x8GB 2,705 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 13.6 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	229x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	115x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	68x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 3,143 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $247

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16