MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 23:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 229 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 486 57% 443 Pts	64-Core 505 31% 505 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 75.7 Reflection 73.6 Parallax 65.4 62% 71.6 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 56.2 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 90.8 Write 384 Mixed 24 38% 166 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 35.2 90% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 200 171% 248 MB/s
Poor: 33% Great: 100%
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 457GB free Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 92.5 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 104 65% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$23 40,922 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 51GB free Firmware: AX001A SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	34.9% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 63.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 61.8 39% 53.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-012.A00LF 2x4GB 7,477 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 54%

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

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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	501x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	298x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	224x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	199x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	139x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	95x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	59x

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Total price: $536

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