MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 09:54
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 189 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 448 48% 385 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13999 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1059 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 84 84 505 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 210452742177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 84 84 16 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 118319093905 (F7) Unknown 100 100 81583994 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4260285909	78.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 272 Mixed 350 82% 370 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 19 110% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 44.6 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 91%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2088 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 30 (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	53.2% Above average	Read 112 Write 73.9 Mixed 81.8 67% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 88%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 922GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 172 151 13358 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7880 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3074 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 137 137 190634 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 37 (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 3	45.3% Average	Read 85.7 Write 71.5 Mixed 77.8 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.34 123% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 668GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144282471 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12321 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 17305178829 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26268 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3700 (B7) Unknown 87 87 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 90195689498 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 50 538574875 (C2) HDA temperature 27 50 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 31 144282471 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 186912 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 88729729405688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1578900085 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1325006037	57% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.8 Mixed 88.9 72% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.55 120% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 4x4GB 1,102 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.5% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.6 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 65%

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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	292x
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	236x
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 $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