MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	85.7% 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20131203
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 17 '16 at 10:09
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 212 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 601 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% EVGA(3842 2751) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 13.5 Parallax 12.3 14% 14.4 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 16 Splatting 15.7 14% 17.9 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN423b Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 4181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1931 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 3473408 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 189 189 588427821106 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 62 62 167505821734 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 63869998080 (EA) Unknown 100 100 95118046656 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 31490274834 (F2) Unknown 100 100 28733938084	85.7% Excellent	Read 487 Write 300 Mixed 364 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 23.8 116% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 29.1 96% 210 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 98%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 279GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3635 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1930 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 149582 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 34 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 131 Mixed 133 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 74GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 840 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 627 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 458300094 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 38655361034 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 605749283 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 31 840 (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 -21367462281934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3402268674 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196396059	47% Average	Read 84 Write 79.7 Mixed 73.2 59% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.68 118% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDT725025VLA380 250GB-$132 6,580 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 31GB free Firmware: V5DOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 112 112 25791627598 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10023 (05) Reallocated sector count 81 81 503 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 9481 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10041 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10041 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 231929872428 (C4) Reallocation count 72 72 662 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 3	25% Poor	Read 40 Write 46.7 Mixed 43.5 33% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.31 90% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 63%

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	293x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	237x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	31x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16