MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.5% 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)
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 5.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 448 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7817) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3684) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 66.5 Parallax 59.7 55% 64.7 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 53.6 50% 62.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 64GB-$25 656 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3549 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 14 (A8) Unknown 100 100 366 (A9) Unknown 100 100 69 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 255 (AE) Unknown 100 100 82 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 149 639951437860 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2098 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16637 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4678 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6436 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	60.1% Good	Read 374 Write 103 Mixed 149 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 14.6 109% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 37.2 64% 128 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 829GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1252 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 743 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 438 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 813 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 38 (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	76% Very good	Read 144 Write 121 Mixed 118 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 74%
Integral Neon USB 3.0 16GB-$14 844 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 10GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 42.7 Write 16.5 Mixed 24.5 31% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.64 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.83 104% 3.59 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.1% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 18.4 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 16.8 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 64%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) - $107

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	504x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	300x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16