MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.2% 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)
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.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '20 at 05:23
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 84.6 2-Core 199 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 394 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% 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: 442.19 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.2% Below average	Lighting 42.3 Reflection 42.5 Parallax 40.5 34% 41.8 fps	MRender 40.1 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 34.4 31% 37.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 82 70 105 102 100 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 70 SusWrite 92.2 72% 98.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 88%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 288GB free Firmware: A3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 126 115 136 136 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 58 SusWrite 130 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 74%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 161GB free Firmware: 3E03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 73 81 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 80.3 Write 77.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 79.3 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 55%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 465GB free Firmware: 1H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 113 105 118 118 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 115 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 69%

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	39% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 10.6 36% 12.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.8 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 41%

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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	506x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	301x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	203x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	226x
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
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 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 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x

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Total price: $537

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16