MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 208 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 540 55% 445 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 159 Parallax 133 115% 145 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 142 Splatting 119 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 96GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 63 54 52 64 56 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 431 Write 364 Mixed 303 SusWrite 85.5 66% 296 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 40.1 142% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 103 125% 219 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 371 305 305 302 302 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 413 Mixed 426 SusWrite 315 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58 190% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 117 117 110 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 115 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 84%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 192 198 199 190 194 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 182 Mixed 59 SusWrite 195 108% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.6 167% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.2% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 15 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.5 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 76%

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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%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

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 $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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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 $177	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