Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-B85M-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150813
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 28 '22 at 21:27
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 394 52% 391 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 105 Parallax 104 88% 105 fps	MRender 99.8 Gravity 96.3 Splatting 82.6 75% 92.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 187GB free Firmware: SAFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 108 109 118 109 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 456 Write 408 Mixed 345 SusWrite 125 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 37.5 140% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 65.8 DQ Mixed 179 138% 197 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 83%
Hitach HDS721050CLA660 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 74 71 66 89 93 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 84.5 Write 87.3 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 73.9 55% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 72%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 233GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 195 194 195 196 195 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 108 Write 87.7 Mixed 72 SusWrite 194 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 112%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$137 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 163 164 164 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 184 Mixed 68 SusWrite 164 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 401% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%
Toshib HDWR440 4TB 242GB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 195 180 182 169 206 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	103% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 164 Mixed 89 SusWrite 190 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 181% 1.5 MB/s

External USB3.0 DISK04 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 18GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 183 127 150 192 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 172 158% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 99% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 80%
External USB3.0 DISK03 2TB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 5GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 100 Write 134 Mixed 38.5 115% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 80%
External USB3.0 DISK02 4TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 92GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 2.5 3 1.1 0.3 4.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 108 Write 109 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 2.2 83% 67.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 107% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 66%
External USB3.0 DISK01 4TB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 400GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.5 2.5 3 1.1 0.2 4.8 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 103 Write 98.3 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 2.2 78% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 106% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 70%
External USB3.0 DISK00 4TB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 30 20 20 24 25 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 184 Write 176 Mixed 88.5 SusWrite 25.7 147% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GLK64W6H 2x8GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16