MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '18 at 06:02
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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)	76.2% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 189 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 352 46% 348 Pts	64-Core 344 21% 344 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D7) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 25.6 Parallax 31.7 29% 31.1 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 31.4 28% 34.2 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MKAOA390 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 95 93 88 117 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 119 Write 76.2 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 101 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 183 179 182 182 181 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 176 Mixed 81 SusWrite 180 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 173 175 177 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 112 Write 138 Mixed 128 SusWrite 174 102% 138 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.7 294% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 97%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 124GB 623 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 5GB free, PID 00ed Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 38 34 27 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 156 Write 49.5 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 34.1 87% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.5 96% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 37%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 68GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 4GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 20 28 31 29 32 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Write 28.5 SusWrite 28.3 46% 28.4 MB/s	4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.8 148% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 72%

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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 2,207 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 $38Bench 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 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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Total price: $537

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 $179	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