MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 19:04
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 422 56% 422 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) 2GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 41.1 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 35.7 32% 39.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6V 128GB 362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd 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 1944 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 913 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 150 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 186219 (F1) Unknown 100 100 157603 (F2) Unknown 100 100 322607	52.1% Above average	Read 504 Write 175 Mixed 260 68% 313 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 14.3 64% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 64.1 DQ Mixed 63.8 43% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 90%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1541 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4000 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1089 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 131 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1426 (C2) HDA temperature 111 97 32 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 188 Mixed 168 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.82 4K Mixed 0.36 145% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 5,808 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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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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Typical B85M-E45 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,206 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	501x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	298x
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	199x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	95x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	59x

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Total price: $536

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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