MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.3% 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-7823
Motherboard	MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150330
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '24 at 21:37
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 522 53% 431 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Device(0000 0000) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 22.6.1 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 30.3 19% 28.2 fps	MRender 25.8 Gravity 21.8 Splatting 21.3 19% 23 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSDPR-CX400-01T-G2 1TB 955 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFMLA.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 137 195 138 227 137 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Read 458 Write 383 Mixed 346 SusWrite 193 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 35.5 137% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 20.2 87% 191 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 103%
SSDPR-CX400-256-G2 256GB 1,916 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 134GB free Firmware: SBFM61.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 127 107 108 193 129 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 334 Write 116 Mixed 198 SusWrite 165 45% 203 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 36 130% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 204 173% 250 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Goodram GR1333D364L9/8G 2x8GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.8 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 53%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	70	59	120	27"	1280 720	SAM71E1 LS27AG55x

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M-G43 (MS-7823) - $48

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	234x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	131x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 1,274 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x

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Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $387

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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