MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7817
Motherboard	MSI B85M-E45 (MS-7817) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1862 x 1048 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '18 at 17:52
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 201 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 400 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 398 25% 398 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 81.8 Reflection 81.8 Parallax 70.4 67% 78 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 73.4 Splatting 76 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 196609 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 109 109 17193697491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4298 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1091 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4472 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4472 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 206159282210 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 6 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1988	64.4% Good	Read 98.4 Write 126 Mixed 109 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.15 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 99%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 73GB free Firmware: 3.06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 50 45 222321585 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5840 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 651543959 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 75939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2985 (C2) HDA temperature 39 64 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 222321585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 175 113 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.9% Poor	Read 48.2 Write 55.9 Mixed 40 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.23 56% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 37%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 212GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 38.2 Mixed 38.7 50% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL9.9-9 D3-1600 0423 Xtreem-LV-2133 0423 Xtreem-LV-2133 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 52%

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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	502x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	300x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	202x

GPU
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	225x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	60x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16