MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7816
Motherboard	MSI B85-G43 GAMING (MS-7816) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 502 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7816) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4578 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 7.5 Parallax 7.19 3% 6.3 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 8.43 5% 6.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCS-128M6S-HP 128GB 1,677 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC71704 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1297 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1237 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 69559 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 652 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0	92.7% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 302 Mixed 370 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 37.8 132% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 76.6 122% 232 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 752GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 190 5266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 79 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 73 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1154 (C2) HDA temperature 120 115 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.1% Good	Read 108 Write 112 Mixed 98.6 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 67%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 256GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 13 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 81 5310 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2850 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9325 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2852 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209740315 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 121 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 10075	54.2% Above average	Read 90 Write 98.5 Mixed 79.6 67% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 77%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 170GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 9 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 83 82 5313 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3671 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13408 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3648 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159544348 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 15549 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13212	65.6% Good	Read 109 Write 120 Mixed 115 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.46 119% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M1A1600C9 12GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.9% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 34%

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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	291x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	244x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	221x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	235x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	149x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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