MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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 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 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	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140220
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '20 at 17:22
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$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)	75.5% Very good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 188 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 344 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 186 Parallax 196 118% 176 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 39GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 63 55 54 52 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 463 Write 349 Mixed 308 SusWrite 83.7 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 39.9 127% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 90.5 DQ Mixed 111 103% 164 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 64 60 70 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 65 Mixed 34.7 SusWrite 56.5 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 54%
WD WD2500AVJS-63B6A0 250GB 1,727 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 45GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	38% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 75.6 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 51%
WD WD3200AVJS-63WDA0 320GB 7,100 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 32GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 54 55 55 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 71 Write 69.7 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 53.9 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 59%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 403GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 77 76 77 76 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 82.5 Write 83.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 76.5 100% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.5 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 64%

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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 2,208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) - $107

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	501x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	299x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

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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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