MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MICRO-STAR MS-7851
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '16 at 20:10
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 128 68% 106 Pts	4-Core 257 8-Core 370 39% 314 Pts	64-Core 364 22% 364 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 2025 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Lighting 72.5 Reflection 76.5 Parallax 67.3 59% 72.1 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 68.8 Splatting 59.4 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20140402 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (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 100 100 773 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 22367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 65390 (A5) Unknown 100 100 103 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 64 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 72 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 307103 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 307103 (F2) Unknown 100 100 229888
Poor: 54% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172556840 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4893458 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 53 706019369 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19828 (C2) HDA temperature 41 47 73014444073 (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 -30906584661245 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2800353928 (F2) Unknown 100 253 182445537754	104% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 163 Mixed 171 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 2x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.5 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 15.7 SC Mixed 13.5 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 60%

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

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Typical NIGHTBLADE B85C Builds (Compare 113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	75x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	24x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	33x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	10x

SSD
SSD370 128GBTranscend $74Bench 71%, 4,687 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
SSD370 256GBTranscend $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples	3x

RAM
MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 884 samples	25x
MSI16D3LU1MNG/4G 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 102 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	5x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $467

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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