Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics104% 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.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150119
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 16 '19 at 13:39
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User ZAF-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790-$135
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Memory 85.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 186
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 441
50% 391 Pts
64-Core 505
31% 505 Pts
Poor: 58%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 80%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 175
Parallax 182
105% 162 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 163
Splatting 115
106% 131 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 104%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70
8GB free (System drive)
Firmware: N1114H
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 464
Write 138
Mixed 206
59% 269 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 69.5
4K Mixed 31.9
113% 41.6 MB/s
DQ Read 236
DQ Write 153
DQ Mixed 142
120% 177 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
355GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 147 146 150 144 150 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Read 134
Write 119
Mixed 71.5
SusWrite 148
86% 118 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Transcend TS1GLK64V6H 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.7% Above average
MC Read 19.6
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 15.9
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 11.8
SC Write 16.4
SC Mixed 14.2
40% 14.1 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 52.7%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85M-HD3-A Builds (Compare 168 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3-A

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 59% - Above average Total price: $245
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