Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	140% 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 Drive	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '20 at 16:04
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 180 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 566 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Asus(1043 87BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	140% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 185 Parallax 178 168% 190 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 137 Splatting 122 116% 145 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LX 256GB-$129 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 282 293 292 292 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 291 Mixed 300 SusWrite 286 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 40.6 146% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 199 176% 262 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 99%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 388GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 445 459 450 463 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 464 Mixed 440 SusWrite 454 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.8 178% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 293 240% 342 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix R538G1601U2S-UGO 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 57%

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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%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 - $100

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	143x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	123x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	70x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	38x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	35x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	30x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $337

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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