MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	30.6% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 10:24
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 387 51% 381 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 47.2 32% 40.2 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 40.4 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST3250312AS 480GB 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 188 185 114 128 108 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 467 Write 458 Mixed 356 SusWrite 186 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 36.7 137% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 150 131% 199 MB/s

Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 185GB free Firmware: 96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 172 111 104 91 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 453 Write 449 Mixed 347 SusWrite 132 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 39.8 142% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 129 133% 219 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 2x4GB 6,798 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

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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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Typical B85M-E45 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,214 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	503x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	300x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	203x

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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16