MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	80.5% 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-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '20 at 10:26
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 627 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 163 Parallax 167 113% 156 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 161 Splatting 112 106% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU650 960GB 7,756 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1122BS SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 82 238 401 172 172 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 391 Mixed 319 SusWrite 242 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 29.1 113% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 219 178% 252 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 100%
Adata SP580 240GB 895 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free Firmware: V2.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 132 103 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 462 Write 368 Mixed 301 SusWrite 137 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 11.4 86% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 17.5 49% 102 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 98%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 122 122 122 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 152 Write 138 Mixed 91.3 SusWrite 122 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 96%
Seagate M3 Portable 1TB 5,295 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 486GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.2 0 0 0.1 0 0.2 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 6.2 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 0.2 4% 5.63 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 15% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64AZ-1G9P1 1321 SP008GLLTU160N02 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 59%

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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	504x
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
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 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16