MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 07 '17 at 09:09
Run Duration	86 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 89 2-Core 183 71% 121 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 341 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 99 90% 108 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 159GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 2391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 40 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 32 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 28 (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	63% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 95.6 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GB 556 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.8 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 34%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

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

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	501x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	299x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 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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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $537

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