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 as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 13:56
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 625 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 1518 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 69.2 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 62.4 56% 67.1 fps	Gravity 66 Splatting 60 55% 63 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2764 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 563 (B1) Unknown 73 73 133 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 41 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13619346597	84.5% Excellent	Read 488 Write 270 Mixed 272 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 26.6 126% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 61.1 95% 184 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 652GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180522760 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 560720 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (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 67 53 588644385 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 90194313249 (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 -77313706295156 (F1) Unknown 100 253 941817267 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5046682797	93.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 152 Mixed 154 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 4.13 4K Mixed 0.71 181% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 111%
MD05000-BQDW-RO 500GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 341GB free Firmware: 3B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 15 (03) Spinup time 138 133 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2498 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2204 (C2) HDA temperature 107 96 36 (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	42% Average	Read 75.7 Write 70.9 Mixed 83.9 58% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.12 38% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 74%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 308GB free Firmware: BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 81539507 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7230981 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1085 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 53 4295032978 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 17818714146 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5180 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 34359738402 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 49 81539507 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.6% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 62.3 Mixed 55.5 46% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.26 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.5% 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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $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