MSI NIGHTBLADE B85

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.5% 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	MICRO-STAR MS-7887
Motherboard	MSI NIGHTBLADE B85 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150730
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (97^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 100 2-Core 205 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 587 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 81.4 Parallax 72.9 64% 77.5 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 72 Splatting 64.8 58% 71.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 516255474	81.5% Excellent	Read 499 Write 337 Mixed 348 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 22.2 131% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.1 DQ Write 74.5 DQ Mixed 21.8 27% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 126%
Liteon IT LCS-128L9S-HP 128GB 2,338 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6GB free Firmware: 9C08 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 100 100 146 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 356 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22463 (AE) Unknown 100 100 356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 50 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 67032 (F2) Unknown 100 100 46963	95.7% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 332 Mixed 398 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 35.9 140% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 20.6 89% 200 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 98%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 919GB free Firmware: LVD3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65933016 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5354 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4349231848 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1802 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 118 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 925 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26069 (C2) HDA temperature 29 53 51539607581 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.6% Above average	Read 113 Write 66.7 Mixed 108 73% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.11 60% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 538GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110021024 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4003 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47599617 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47061 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 47244640287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -115594749801466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31406547644 (F2) Unknown 100 253 304163829633	84.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 139 Mixed 145 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 2x8GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 14%

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Desktop 69%

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Workstation 11%

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Motherboard: MSI NIGHTBLADE B85

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	2x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	1x
Core i5-4670SIntelBench 72%, 1,661 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	2x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x

SSD
SSD370 256GBTranscend $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples	1x
A100 120GBToshibaBench 65%, 1,960 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
MSI16D3LU1KFG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 186 samples	2x
TS512MLK64W6H 2x4GBTranscendBench 51%, 165 samples	1x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	1x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $397

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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