Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-DS3H-A (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150810
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '21 at 20:11
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 56.7 1-Core 73.9 2-Core 132 51% 87.5 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 314 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 318 20% 318 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.67% Terrible	Lighting 3.2 Reflection 52.9 Parallax 5.1 3% 20.4 fps	MRender 3.5 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 4.3 3% 3.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.67% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 512GB 30,264 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0628A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 153 236 9.4 24 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 389 Write 283 Mixed 287 SusWrite 78.7 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 11.1 4K Mixed 1 36% 10.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 33.5 DQ Mixed 1 20% 50.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GB 17,707 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 14.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 138 29% 138 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 59%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 41: 6R 2G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
41%	20%	65	198	109	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SAM0AE5 S22C150

History: Score 19: 1R 2G 8B | Score 43: 5R 4G 6B | Score 41: 6R 2G 5B

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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-B85M-DS3H-A

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	250x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	229x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	115x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	182x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	78x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	68x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	39x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x4GBKingstonBench 28%, 3,143 samples	27x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	23x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $247

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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