Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '16 at 19:37
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 422 57% 423 Pts	64-Core 420 26% 420 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1801.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.3 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 50.1 31% 41 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 39.3 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 219044184095 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4114135938 (F7) Unknown 100 100 129007195 (F8) Unknown 100 100 75290163	92.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 328 Mixed 388 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 30.4 127% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 45.9 108% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 97%
Samsung HM100UI 1TB-$47 906 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 537GB free Firmware: 2AM10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 303 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 80 80 6094 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 249 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 458 (B5) Unknown 100 100 11922 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 141735428124 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 93 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19020	44.7% Average	Read 76.3 Write 79.5 Mixed 71.9 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 53%
Hitachi HTS543216L9A300 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 274GB free Firmware: ST2OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 108 108 17195139299 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4461 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5020 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5020 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 249109282849 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 96.4 Mixed 97.6 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 388GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 103 Write 125 Mixed 104 146% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.16 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend JM1600KLN-4G 0420 8GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 17.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 - $152

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	238x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	146x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	137x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	203x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	95x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	63x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	62x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	53x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $389

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16