MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '20 at 01:13
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 554 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 113 90% 113 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.6 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 258 284 391 415 338 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 263 Mixed 249 SusWrite 334 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 47 163% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 126 154% 273 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 236GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 122 Write 37.8 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 107 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.7 159% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 72%
Seagate ST3000VX006-1HH166 3TB 758 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 40GB free Firmware: CV12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 74 75 75 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 91 Write 82.8 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 74.5 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 86GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 116 115 117 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 102 Write 72 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 115 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 0423 TEAMGROUP-UD3-1600 1315 BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	34.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 42%

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Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

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Motherboard: MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) - $90

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	292x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	245x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	236x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	150x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	74x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	56x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	31x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

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