MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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 Drive	90.1% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '17 at 15:02
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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)	79.8% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 598 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 151 Parallax 131 122% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 143 Splatting 111 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 256GB-$100 1,898 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th 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 100 100 497 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 226 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 43 (A3) Unknown 100 100 27 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17441 (A5) Unknown 100 100 57 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 84303 (F2) Unknown 100 100 186289	90.1% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 280 Mixed 359 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 35.1 134% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 66.4 106% 203 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 176 6133 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1862 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1532 (C2) HDA temperature 114 106 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.9% Good	Read 117 Write 105 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 310GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84856512 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 893880 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 672727077 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3776 (C2) HDA temperature 37 45 64424509477 (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 60687887893879 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3998813288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5822382132	63.9% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 107 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 72%

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Gaming 25%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

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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 $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