MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics127% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMICRO-STAR MS-7851
MotherboardMSI NIGHTBLADE B85C  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140930
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJan 04 '18 at 14:10
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 100
2-Core 178
73% 123 Pts
4-Core 374
8-Core 365
50% 370 Pts
64-Core 364
22% 364 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
127% Outstanding
Lighting 176
Reflection 197
Parallax 176
143% 183 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 182
Splatting 117
114% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 127%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
313GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
69.5% Good
Read 143
Write 99.3
Mixed 100
85% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.19
87% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
30.7% Below average
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 10
MC Mixed 9.5
29% 10 GB/s
SC Read 6.8
SC Write 7.3
SC Mixed 8.7
22% 7.6 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 30.7%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical NIGHTBLADE B85C Builds (Compare 113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE B85C

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 46% - Average Total price: $467
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