Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140704
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 92.9 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 369 49% 369 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1679 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 81 Reflection 79.7 Parallax 71.8 66% 77.5 fps	Gravity 74.5 Splatting 58.2 58% 66.3 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4052 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 635 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 100 51542556702 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78227 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 58 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 78227 (F2) Unknown 100 100 110258 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13709	82.7% Excellent	Read 497 Write 237 Mixed 311 77% 348 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 16.7 132% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 12.2 71% 163 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 95%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 24083087 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -93510027961291 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1011 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 180 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 44 51542491166 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 51542491166 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 24083087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 24083087 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 24083087 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11489 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7223 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7223 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5294 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6684774	59% Above average	Read 447 Write 113 Mixed 153 51% 238 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 13 108% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 24.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 32 36% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$34 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 931GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 226095682 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 298649 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 222 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 554827807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 222 (C2) HDA temperature 31 9 38654705695 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 226095682 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 103607496083448 (F1) Unknown 100 253 331963569 (F2) Unknown 100 253 223002982	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 190 Mixed 168 137% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 106% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 113%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 799GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 100 98 7991 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3621 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3004 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 356075 (C2) HDA temperature 111 99 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 98.2 Write 86.9 Mixed 83.6 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 11 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 11 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 62%

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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	179x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	143x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	122x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	125x
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	40x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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