MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '16 at 09:28
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 627 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3206) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 45.6 Reflection 43.8 Parallax 38.9 37% 42.8 fps	Gravity 8.4 Splatting 10.4 8% 9.42 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 654GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 184 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 8 (C2) HDA temperature 112 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 158 Write 133 Mixed 145 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.23 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 203GB free Firmware: GH2OA420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 233 233 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4806 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4732 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 322 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 121651 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 236224118811 (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 200 200 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.23 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 63%

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) - $48

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	234x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	131x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
MX500 500GBCrucial $46Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 1,274 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $387

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $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