MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 05:45
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 570 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6367) 3GB; EVGA GTX 1060 3GB FTW+ CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2009 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 63.8 64% 71.9 fps	MRender 70.4 Gravity 70 Splatting 74.1 59% 71.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK10D7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3211338 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569740833 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3381 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2529 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3124 (F4) Unknown 100 100 49 (F5) Unknown 100 100 74 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1078400	65.8% Good	Read 483 Write 303 Mixed 209 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 61.8 4K Mixed 7.22 93% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 56.5 DQ Mixed 7.12 16% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS547564A9E384 640GB 14,066 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 475GB free Firmware: JEDOA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 100 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1805 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 11607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1163 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 99 4415228870672 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8592883720 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 371130399 (BF) G-sense error rate 88 88 3165 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9109643 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 686587 (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 100 100 1 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.2% Average	Read 73.2 Write 77.4 Mixed 71.3 56% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.16 62% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 299GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 68 63 6430750 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10048789 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (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 72 54 471203868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 589 (C2) HDA temperature 28 16 68719476764 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 1 6430750 (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 -46312632351012 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5182947987 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4062828870	89.7% Excellent	Read 154 Write 159 Mixed 138 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXM 0423 Vulcan-1600 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXM 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 53%

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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 $134	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