MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.1% 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	94.4% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 11:50
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	52%

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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 i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 213 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 413 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 110 Parallax 105 89% 108 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 96.6 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 98 98 7900 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 745 (B1) Unknown 95 95 105 (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 59 47 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39554515632	94.4% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 412 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 25.6 145% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 25.9 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 101GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 7029 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2113 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 536 (AE) Unknown 100 100 336 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 48 223338299430 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 84648916196 (F7) Unknown 100 100 2669073737 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1497345272	88.2% Excellent	Read 494 Write 274 Mixed 351 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 27.6 130% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 52.3 103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 91%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1916 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 482 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9069 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 32 (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	80.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 107 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.28 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G 20GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 16.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 51%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	293x
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	237x
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 $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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16