MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


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 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 14:27
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	14%

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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 94.3 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 370 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E147) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.3 Reflection 11.2 Parallax 13.2 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 12.8 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17165 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1783 (B1) Unknown 91 91 100 (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 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 103 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26378197973	87.1% Excellent	Read 492 Write 343 Mixed 343 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 23.4 124% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 66.4 92% 172 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 108%
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164 8TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 198683956 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15309103 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 423 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (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 69 47 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 191 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5619 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 85899345951 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 3 198683956 (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 -97792110362518 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3341760314 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2265836982
Poor: 70% Great: 99%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 53 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 78 59 6738 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 22063 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11949 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3729 (B5) Unknown 100 100 103387 (BF) G-sense error rate 94 94 66702 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569478685 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1519 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22120	76.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 148 Mixed 122 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.36 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 72%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 806GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5775 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9458 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1617 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35598 (C2) HDA temperature 121 107 29 (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	67.1% Good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 121 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 20.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 64%

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

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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