MSI B85M PRO-VD (MS-7A01)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A01
Motherboard	MSI B85M PRO-VD (MS-7A01) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150804
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '16 at 20:39
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 387 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 18% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13032681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 66383014528708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 75 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 37 60131967002 (C2) HDA temperature 26 37 60131967002 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13032681 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13032681 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13032681 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 55834574849 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2544 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1601 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1601 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2498 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3407886
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 112GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897091771 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 695 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 695 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 167504511005 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	74.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 123 Mixed 26.6 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 103%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 22GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	Read 97.9 Write 28.8 Mixed 34.1 55% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.25 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.05 43% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical B85M PRO-VD (MS-7A01) Builds (Compare 27 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI B85M PRO-VD (MS-7A01)

CPU
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	9x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	5x
Xeon E3-1231 v3Intel $209Bench 73%, 19,313 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x

SSD
SSD370S 256GBTranscend $115Bench 89%, 11,742 samples	3x
SU650 240GBAdata $70Bench 70%, 47,016 samples	2x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	2x

RAM
CT102464BA160B.M16 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 16GBUnknownBench 56%, 249 samples	3x
16KTF1G64AZ-1G6E1 1352 M378B1G73DB0-CK0 16GBMicronBench 59%, 4 samples	3x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 49%, 26,466 samples	1x

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Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $368

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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