MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMICRO-STAR MS-7851
MotherboardMSI NIGHTBLADE B85C  (all builds)
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140930
Uptime3 Days
Run DateMay 28 '19 at 16:50
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 94.7
1-Core 122
2-Core 246
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 634
66% 532 Pts
64-Core 646
40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 147
Parallax 128
110% 137 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 137
Splatting 111
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$251
100GB free
Firmware: DXT08B0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 245 245 246 246 246 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Read 463
Write 250
Mixed 162
SusWrite 246
62% 280 MB/s
4K Read 30.6
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 26.2
133% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 355
DQ Write 210
DQ Mixed 57.6
103% 207 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 85%
Micron_M510_2.5_7MM_256GB 256GB
52GB free
Firmware: DL06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 331 332 330 334 331 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 459
Write 339
Mixed 294
SusWrite 332
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 30.7
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 44.3
165% 64.1 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 212
196% 302 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 105%
Great: 102%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45
840GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA8J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 135 153 154 154 157 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
97.6% Outstanding
Read 190
Write 180
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 151
98% 136 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.5
134% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 97.6%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
61.2% Good
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 18.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 23
SC Mixed 20.7
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 57.9
69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical NIGHTBLADE B85C Builds (Compare 113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $467
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