Asus B85M-E

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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.
Graphics	35.2% 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	89.5% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus B85M-E (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161128
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '18 at 03:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 401 51% 387 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8563) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Lighting 45.6 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 39.8 37% 43.4 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 182 94 72 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 464 Write 400 Mixed 348 SusWrite 147 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 45.8 155% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 209 185% 276 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 640GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 153 148 150 152 151 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 150 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 70GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 60 59 60 60 60 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	26% Poor	Read 55 Write 59 Mixed 29 SusWrite 59.5 68% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992069S (997069S) 2x8GB 333 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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: Asus B85M-E - $106

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	397x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	322x
Core i5-4570Intel $62Bench 62%, 129,272 samples	258x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	326x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	97x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	53x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	31x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $343

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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