MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131217
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '15 at 10:05
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 423 56% 423 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5906 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Lighting 85.9 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 76 70% 82.8 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 76.4 Splatting 69.3 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6S 128GB-$106 3,356 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 100 100 303 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 930 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 36786 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 36786 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 960 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2299 (F1) Unknown 100 100 75586 (F2) Unknown 100 100 93761	92.5% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 330 Mixed 368 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 76.7 4K Mixed 35.2 137% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 76.3 104% 188 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 315GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 80344584 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 84446981 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1193 (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 70 58 17684365342 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23093 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 -140737488355298 (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 69965017254097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15769168757 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27987061112	83.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 141 Mixed 85.9 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 112%
938 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 5.16 Mixed 8.23 14% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 8.01 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 30% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GB 13,591 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

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

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Desktop 71%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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