Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics9.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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-HD3  (all builds)
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130712
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 05 '20 at 03:21
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4430-$124
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.7% Very good
Memory 92.9
1-Core 90.7
2-Core 179
72% 121 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 337
45% 339 Pts
64-Core 327
20% 327 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 75.7%
Great: 74%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740
Gigabyte(1458 368D) 2GB
CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
9.04% Terrible
Lighting 10
Reflection 9.38
Parallax 11.7
8% 10.4 fps
MRender 13.7
Gravity 12.2
Splatting 13.3
11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.04%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 180GB
7GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DC12
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
Read 261
Write 190
Mixed 221
50% 224 MB/s
4K Read 27.3
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 29.7
102% 33.2 MB/s
DQ Read 267
DQ Write 169
DQ Mixed 112
112% 183 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
790GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 137 138 138 138 138 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
77% Very good
Read 132
Write 119
Mixed 89.6
SusWrite 136
88% 119 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.4
4K Mixed 1.1
225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 19.7
62% 21.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.9
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85M-HD3 Builds (Compare 1,445 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 60%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 - $152

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $389
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