MSI NIGHTBLADE B85

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MICRO-STAR MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE B85 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140731
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 10:32
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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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)	77.3% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 192 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 366 49% 364 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 68.4 61% 73.9 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 70.5 58% 70.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 98 76 76 94 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 60.8 SusWrite 85 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 109%
Seagate M3 Portable 2TB 4,943 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0708 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 113 112 111 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 122 Write 135 Mixed 81 SusWrite 110 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 64%
Mass Storage Device 160GB 951 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 65GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 40 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 37.7 Write 40.3 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 40.4 50% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 19%
Netac OnlyDisk 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 27GB free, PID 3c01 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.8 9 9 8.9 8.9 8.4 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 26.5 Write 8.8 SusWrite 8.8 15% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 10%
SAMSUNG HN-M500MBB 500GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 70GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 42 41 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 39 Write 39.3 Mixed 35.2 SusWrite 41.1 53% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.7 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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

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Typical NIGHTBLADE B85 Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE B85

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	2x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x
Core i5-4670SIntelBench 72%, 1,661 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x

SSD
SSD370 256GBTranscend $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples	1x
A100 120GBToshibaBench 65%, 1,960 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	2x
TS512MLK64W6H 2x4GBTranscendBench 51%, 165 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $397

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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