Gigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics72.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive74.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140905
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJul 12 '19 at 01:05
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 17%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4590-$188
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 90.5
1-Core 95.3
2-Core 168
71% 118 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 369
48% 361 Pts
64-Core 372
23% 372 Pts
Poor: 45%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
72.1% Very good
Lighting 92
Reflection 97
Parallax 87.1
75% 92 fps
MRender 82.7
Gravity 85.4
Splatting 77.3
66% 81.8 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 87%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
3.66% Terrible
Lighting 3.73
Reflection 6.08
Parallax 6
3% 5.27 fps
MRender 8.19
Gravity 2.33
Splatting 7.04
5% 5.86 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 3.66%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C3FD6SD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 227 97 100 87 81 MB/s
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
74.7% Very good
Read 468
Write 419
Mixed 337
SusWrite 138
76% 340 MB/s
4K Read 29.4
4K Write 85.9
4K Mixed 27.1
125% 47.5 MB/s
DQ Read 310
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 180
146% 213 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28
188GB free
Firmware: CC62
SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 160 156 160 162 158 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 122
Write 83.3
Mixed 85
SusWrite 158
83% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.7
135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
697GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 166 164 165 164 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 191
Write 162
Mixed 106
SusWrite 164
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 1.1
232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 102%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
55.3% Above average
MC Read 17.5
MC Write 21.5
MC Mixed 18.4
55% 19.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 17.9
SC Mixed 16.2
46% 16.1 GB/s
Latency 66.6
60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 55.3%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-B85M-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 152 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-Gaming 3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $354
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