MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '19 at 04:58
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3-$104 5,273 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 77.2 2-Core 192 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 324 8-Core 358 45% 341 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 38.6 37% 41.4 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 39 Splatting 34.5 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 32 38 69 79 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 102 Write 80.5 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 56.7 53% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 161GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 80 81 82 81 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 82.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 79.7 54% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3250412CS 250GB 669 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 233GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 112 113 113 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 109 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 111 69% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 63%
SMI USB disk 8GB 5,941 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.2 7.3 6.5 7.3 7.1 7.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	3.05% Terrible	Read 3.5 Write 2.7 Mixed 4.8 SusWrite 6.8 6% 4.45 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.05% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C11-4GNT 0420 F3-1600C11-8GNT 0420 F3-1600C11-4GNT 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 17.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 41%

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

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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	502x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	300x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

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	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16