MSI B85M GAMING (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7823
Motherboard	MSI B85M GAMING (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '16 at 19:13
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	HND-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 435 62% 455 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 65.8 Parallax 59.8 54% 64.2 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 61.3 Splatting 52.2 49% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1532 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 113 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4441567407	108% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 399 Mixed 414 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 44.5 161% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 105 133% 239 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 607 (C2) HDA temperature 109 95 34 (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	82.5% Excellent	Read 150 Write 138 Mixed 132 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 250GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 118GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 40.7 Mixed 4.09 33% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.34 53% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 17.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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

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Gaming 34%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M GAMING (MS-7823)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	35x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	21x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	9x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	9x

SSD
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	7x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	11x
Team-Elite-1600 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 10 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	5x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $394

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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