MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	39.2% 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)
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '19 at 06:53
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 456 60% 448 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1668 MHz, MLim: 1907 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 50.7 Reflection 50 Parallax 44.2 41% 48.3 fps	MRender 43.3 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 40.7 35% 43.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 479 Mixed 356 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.1 211% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 353 268% 362 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2GB free Firmware: 2.25 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 140 Write 127 Mixed 151 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 34.7 148% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 91.8 86% 135 MB/s
Poor: 31% Great: 61%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 100 100 101 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 109 Write 117 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 99.6 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	235x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	31x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

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