Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150810
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateNov 23 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 51%

 PC Performing as expected (54th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
77% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 107
2-Core 214
76% 134 Pts
4-Core 420
8-Core 408
56% 414 Pts
64-Core 416
26% 416 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94
Performing below potential (50th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 193
Parallax 167
138% 177 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 173
Splatting 122
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
452GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 130 110 133 147 145 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Read 128
Write 143
Mixed 90.7
SusWrite 127
90% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1.1
198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F3-8500CL7-4GBRL 0215 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0215 CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9 16GB
1066, 1066, 1066, 1066 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
42.4% Average
MC Read 14.4
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 13.6
41% 14.4 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 14.7
SC Mixed 12.9
37% 12.9 GB/s
Latency 77.7
52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 42%

 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%
Tree trunk
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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