MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 18:24
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 525 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% EVGA(3842 5671) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 141 Parallax 121 107% 131 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 89% 109 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 141474668 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -39427799769806 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 306 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 41 77312098334 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 77312098334 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 141474668 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 141474668 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 141474668 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 60129542145 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11818 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8346 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8346 (F2) Unknown 0 0 13386 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5767249	63.2% Good	Read 512 Write 115 Mixed 155 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 12.5 107% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 13.3 39% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 98GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 80 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7165 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 165707749 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9973 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 9095151645 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 -140737488355299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 23 80 (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 43044162251397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 96569476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1655469748	57.7% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 102 Mixed 91.7 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.52 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) - $48

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	234x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	131x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 1,274 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $387

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 $178	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