MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	65.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141211
Uptime	25.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 20:18
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	69%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 76.6 1-Core 81.9 2-Core 154 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 300 8-Core 312 41% 306 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gainward(10B0 1401) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.1% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 25.8 Parallax 19.9 24% 25.2 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 26.6 Splatting 20.9 21% 26.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17012540 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -73632919319160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 37 73016868893 (C2) HDA temperature 29 37 73016868893 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17012540 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17012540 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17012540 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 55834574849 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11440 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12053 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12053 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14486 (F4) Unknown 99 99 5505083	65.8% Good	Read 498 Write 189 Mixed 257 69% 315 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 18.3 92% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 56.2 71% 124 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84157648 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10979879 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 427 (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 69 62 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25918 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (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 -92371861633990 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6280626015 (F2) Unknown 100 253 123162681649	105% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 164 Mixed 172 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 274 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.1% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 11.5 SC Mixed 10 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 64%

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Typical B85M-E45 (MS-7817) Builds (Compare 2,206 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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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 $46

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